Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

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: #1246 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 9
From argument to object - 1513 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #286 / 460
  • 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: #925 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1841 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #577 / 589
  • Number of attempts: 1
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 264 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #78 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 3
Missing Library and a Typo - 900 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #124 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #365 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 9
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2192 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 1
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