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: 26
  • Position: #3671 / 7425
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6319 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #82 / 1540
  • Number of attempts: 5
Quote modules - 1089 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #216 / 282
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10872 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1357 / 3067
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3592 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #753 / 1164
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11464 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3035 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vaibhav Kaushik
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