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: 25
  • Position: #3334 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3006 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2900 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #553 / 859
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3610 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #885 / 1172
  • Number of attempts: 6
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #991 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 3
ninja substitution - 1420 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #215 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment each number - 1036 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #132 / 252
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3315 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3183 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3731 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13092 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2551 / 3765
  • Number of attempts: 1
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