Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: #4224 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1515 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5648 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #321 / 1264
  • Number of attempts: 9
Condensed Cases - 804 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #7 / 247
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #18 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 6
Change name of a variable - 179 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #19 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 2
Don't know what this is - 2022 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #246 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 4
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