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Bad Copy Syntax - 168 entries
Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.
Add semicolons - 1422 entries
Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line
Box it - 2882 entries
Create a box around a line.
Simple, Practical, and Common - 24959 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.
simple format - 2817 entries
make it look better.
One number per line - 12718 entries
Just give me the numbers.
change parenthesis - 60 entries
change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses
Reorder the groups - 355 entries
Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 1549 entries
easy stuff
I forgot quotes - 11726 entries
Oops.
Applying same text modification in several lines - 1626 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
Com(m)a Trouble - 1699 entries
Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?
Just the middle - 9169 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
ninja substitution - 499 entries
How can you reuse a previous substitution ?
One to Ten - 911 entries
Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2
Words in parens - 11011 entries
We should all ace this, right?
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9487 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
Swap values inside brackets - 1449 entries
Easy challenge.
Vice versa - 5908 entries
Little role switching.
html paragraph to table - 343 entries
reformat html paragraph to table
Simple text editing with Vim - 10388 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
Cool or not? - 449 entries
abc trying to be cool or not...
Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 391 entries
Clean and group.
Increment each number - 464 entries
Increment each number individually by one
Swap values - 3516 entries
Well, swap the values...
Basic renumbering - 4579 entries
Renumbering Basic.
Join 'em - 114 entries
This shouldn't be too tough
Collect List - 3467 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
Delete to the end of the current line - 450 entries
Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.
Team names - 1438 entries
The team names are misspelled.
Around the clock - 101 entries
You'll want to use 2 special commands to complete this. If you haven't yet, read through 'input.txt', especially :help simple-changes
Array transposition - 1591 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
V to the i - 3909 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
Put the months in order - 417 entries
Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.
Remove quotes after first field - 83 entries
Remove the quotes around each field except for the first field.
Every other line - 2091 entries
AaAaAaA
convert yml into java pojo field - 639 entries
How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 380 entries
Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.
Copy three lines - 2037 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 5485 entries
A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.
Split line with dots - 1826 entries
This line is too long, split it.
switch variable - 4302 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
move titles next to url, in quotes - 265 entries
had trouble with something similar
multiple cursor alternative - 1062 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
-a-b-c- - 2570 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
attr_aligner - 2992 entries
Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.
From argument to object - 1085 entries
This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?
Tables, Functions, Sprocs - 56 entries
In order to load some scripts into my database in the correct order I need to load tables first (t_), then functions (fn_), then stored procedures (sp_). The order of the t_ lines and the order of the sp_ lines should also match. Reorder the lines so they will load correctly.
Search and Replace 0 - 4096 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
quotes inside quotes - 2778 entries
taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)