Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Yo To Hello - 1137 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #66 / 528
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33722 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: 22
  • Position: #1633 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 7
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6332 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #182 / 1545
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #490 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 12
Quote modules - 1089 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #24 / 282
  • Number of attempts: 11
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #547 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2225 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #28 / 676
  • Number of attempts: 4
move titles next to url, in quotes - 537 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #77 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2358 / 4188
  • Number of attempts: 3
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