Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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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: 22
  • Position: #2035 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 14
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #3834 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10867 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #379 / 3065
  • Number of attempts: 7
Com(m)a Trouble - 3829 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #496 / 866
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7906 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1331 / 1877
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11458 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1330 / 4199
  • Number of attempts: 5
Line under headers - 2045 entries

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

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #66 / 504
  • Number of attempts: 10
I forgot quotes - 15990 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1913 / 4182
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #3938 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 1

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