Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Swap values - 4155 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 29767 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: 22
  • Number of attempts: 14
Box it - 6012 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Number of attempts: 5
Split line with dots - 2007 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 14259 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 10
Add semicolons - 7674 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 16220 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10072 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Number of attempts: 4
One to Ten - 1702 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Number of attempts: 6
Simple text editing with Vim - 10989 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2444 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 2798 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 10319 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Number of attempts: 2
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