Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33621 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: 30
  • Position: #5286 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3353 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 1
citizen_hacks_2019_challenge2 - 195 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #98 / 102
  • Number of attempts: 1
Unsemantic linewrapping - 928 entries

[Inspired by a blog post I read: https://scott.mn/2014/02/21/semantic_linewrapping/. Text adapted.] Sometimes when editing a Markdown file, I wrap the lines semantically. Instead of inserting a newline at 70 columns (or whatever), or making paragraphs one long line, I put in newlines at a point that seems logical to me. This may seem silly, but it produces better diffs. Semantic linewrapping also makes editing snappier. I can delete, edit or insert sentences easily using linewise operations. Code-oriented text editors like Vim and [REDACTED] are really good at this kind of manipulation. Editing text that hasn't been wrapped semantically is a pain, though:

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #206 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10860 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1067 / 3064
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract wireshark capture filter - 216 entries

Extract wireshark capture filter from IP plan

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #71 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7906 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #1779 / 1877
  • Number of attempts: 1
Line under headers - 2044 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #427 / 503
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15989 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3657 / 4181
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #864 / 1137
  • Number of attempts: 1
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