Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 27
  • Position: #3969 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4818 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1330 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2897 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #563 / 857
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2916 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #402 / 705
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #108 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 9
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1833 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3008 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 3
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