Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33621 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: 28
  • Position: #4330 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #913 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2173 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 4
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2880 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #497 / 851
  • Number of attempts: 6
Box it - 7906 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #1068 / 1877
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11457 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2643 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 1
Team names - 1836 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #364 / 588
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5648 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #111 / 1264
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7910 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #942 / 2129
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2219 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #420 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15989 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3275 / 4181
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12815 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2531 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 2
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