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: 33
  • Position: #6126 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1067 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2693 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11457 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1071 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
Learn some german verbs - 533 entries

The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #103 / 133
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7910 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1331 / 2129
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1125 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10669 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2286 / 3684
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3293 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 1
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