Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 29
  • Position: #4738 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2418 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 2
From argument to object - 1524 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: #295 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2491 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2427 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #357 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2932 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 1
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