Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: 31
  • Position: #5661 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3448 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4818 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #107 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10887 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #309 / 3074
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3055 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3012 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 2
A simple change - 468 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #174 / 193
  • Number of attempts: 3
A Simple One - 1057 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #397 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change the content of a string - 1596 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #537 / 595
  • Number of attempts: 3
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3763 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #566 / 807
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13012 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1063 / 3743
  • Number of attempts: 10
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7172 entries

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

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #1571 / 1760
  • Number of attempts: 2
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