Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: #2041 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 11
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1093 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3086 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 879 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #55 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 8
V to the i - 4813 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #703 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 4
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: 13
  • Position: #213 / 857
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #393 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #1010 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2991 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #576 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 6
One to Ten - 2227 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: #242 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1919 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2430 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1063 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 12996 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1836 / 3739
  • Number of attempts: 4
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