Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

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: 57
  • Position: #7403 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #1508 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quote modules - 1094 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #279 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 1
Aliases for cd - 881 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 122
  • Position: #147 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10890 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2819 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #1829 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3687 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
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