Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33647 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: 24
  • Position: #3040 / 7425
  • Number of attempts: 6
Bad Copy Syntax - 2038 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #63 / 526
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7909 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #656 / 1878
  • Number of attempts: 7
Interweave two blocks of text - 659 entries

Suppose you've got data on a list of things from multiple sources. They're all in separate chunks, so how might you create a tabular output?

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #194 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 1
change parenthesis - 296 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #22 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reorder the groups - 1181 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #252 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15997 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3036 / 4184
  • Number of attempts: 2
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