Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 36
  • Position: #6756 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #938 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3024 / 3870
  • 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: 25
  • Position: #775 / 857
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #124 / 1169
  • Number of attempts: 7
Com(m)a Trouble - 3875 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #752 / 876
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1122 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 7
Cool or not? - 829 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #78 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 10
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: #62 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3022 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 5
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