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: 31
  • Position: #5532 / 7450
  • 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: 32
  • Position: #447 / 463
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #958 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3128 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 2
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