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: 22
  • Position: #2072 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18732 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3366 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values inside brackets - 2496 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 154
  • Position: #578 / 579
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2882 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #766 / 852
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7906 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1335 / 1877
  • Number of attempts: 10
Just the middle - 11458 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3616 / 4199
  • Number of attempts: 11
One to Ten - 2219 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #253 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 12
I forgot quotes - 15990 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2340 / 4182
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2504 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 8
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7010 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #1543 / 1713
  • Number of attempts: 6
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