Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 23
  • Position: #2698 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18784 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1931 / 3878
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1418 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10891 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1119 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3610 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #685 / 1172
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #509 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 11
Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1054 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2948 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1202 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 7
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1040 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 5
switch variable - 5085 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #969 / 1750
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13093 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1820 / 3766
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7229 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #1443 / 1778
  • Number of attempts: 2
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