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: 28
  • Position: #4112 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 6
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #1818 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 1
replace 2nd column blanks with values in same column if blank - 242 entries

Where ,SOMELOGB and ,SOMELOGC replaces each /r carriage return if 2nd column is blank. The replace only happens if 2nd column is blank though and should replace up to the non blank row.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #46 / 83
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3348 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 2
Word frequency alignment - 291 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #132 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 3
Minimalist Limerick - 520 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #53 / 174
  • Number of attempts: 3
Define to require - 127 entries

When JSHint is enabled, there's a rule that doesn't let you have more than 6 arguments in a function, so the moment you need to add a 7th argument, you need to do a refactoring.

  • Best score: 62
  • Best player score: 113
  • Position: #44 / 50
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aeden Jameson
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Explorer. Experimenter. Lover. Bulider. Philosopher. Questioner of intellectual faiths. Relentless pursuer of better ways. Basically, I don't know squat.

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