Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1179 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4818 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #534 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Every other line - 2916 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #318 / 705
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #776 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 4
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #71 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 5
Vice versa - 7952 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1069 / 2139
  • Number of attempts: 3
Order and join - 985 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #194 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1207 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3267 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 2
Oskar Norman
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