Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33722 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: #791 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1452 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2044 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #458 / 530
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #902 / 1169
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1144 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 3
ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #252 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 1
7th Birthday - 202 entries

We have a bunch of numbers written from 0 to 9 in the order present in the text input file. The task is to create 7 by replacing the numbers with dashes.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #66 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 1
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