Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33392 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: 57
  • Position: #7319 / 7365
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6208 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #1475 / 1517
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quote modules - 1054 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #269 / 274
  • Number of attempts: 1
Aliases for cd - 849 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 122
  • Position: #142 / 150
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10792 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2790 / 3044
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7828 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 65
  • Position: #1809 / 1865
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3658 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 2
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