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: 37
  • Position: #6820 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2872 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #406 / 640
  • Number of attempts: 1
Generate a list of numbers - 295 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #41 / 140
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #830 / 1191
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1657 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #225 / 444
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #199 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2688 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1118 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #105 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 2
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