Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: 32
  • Position: #5881 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4616 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #928 / 1268
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3217 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4802 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1801 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2880 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #665 / 851
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2265 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 4
quotes inside quotes - 3159 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #305 / 1078
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12935 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3589 / 3963
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5071 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1695 / 1748
  • Number of attempts: 1
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