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: 39
  • Position: #7066 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3227 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values inside brackets - 2511 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #551 / 583
  • 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: 24
  • Position: #767 / 857
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3880 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #839 / 878
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairs Indenting - 479 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #132 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1122 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #409 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 2
Switch function arguments - 2147 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #516 / 666
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reverse and double space - 500 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #166 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 1
Ainsley McGrath
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If you rearrange the letters in my name you get 'Gently Charisma.' Coincidence? Probably. Snake Boy (Python dev) at @Blick_art .

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