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#97 Yiyang Chen / yiyangc91 - Score: 34 - 03/09/14 @ 15:29 
yw21PO<Esc>22i v <Esc>xjo<Esc>22i m <Esc>x:%y<CR>6pZZ

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#98 Ram Tamtam / ramtamtamtam - Score: 34 - 07/18/14 @ 12:58 
O v <Esc>Go m <Esc><C-V>gg0y21Py2j6P:%s/ $<CR>:x<CR>

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#99 Carlos A Henríquez Q / lagunex - Score: 34 - 01/19/15 @ 08:44 
O<Esc>22i  v<Esc>0x+D22po<Esc>22i  m<Esc>0x{3Y6PZZ

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#100 Jon Krause / jkrause314 - Score: 34 - 10/26/15 @ 00:37 
ye21PO<Esc>22i v <Esc>xYjp:s/v/m/g<CR>VHy6PZZ

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#101 Márton Németh / nemarci42 - Score: 34 - 03/01/17 @ 13:26 
yw21PO<Esc>22i v <Esc>xjo<Esc>22i m <Esc>x:%y<CR>6pZZ

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#102 Brent Carmer / brent_carmer - Score: 35 - 04/14/13 @ 05:05 
yw21Po<Esc>22a m <Esc>xyykP:s/m/v/g<CR>yap6PZZ

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#103 curist / curist - Score: 35 - 07/09/13 @ 03:20 
yw21PO<C-C><C-C>22i v <Esc>xjo<C-C><C-C>22i m <Esc>xV{y6PZZ

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#104 Eric Potter / pottereric - Score: 35 - 12/20/13 @ 19:08 
22i v <Esc>xdwo<Esc>22po<Esc>22i m <Esc>x:1,3y<CR>6pZZ

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#105 pikaren / REALpikaren - Score: 36 - 01/07/14 @ 04:32 
O v <Esc>qqv0y21Pq$xj@qo m <Esc>@q$xVkky6PZZ

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#106 Patrick Pitoscia / Patrick03960431 - Score: 36 - 08/15/14 @ 01:58 
yw$21pO<Esc>22i v <Esc>xjo<Esc>22i m <Esc>xgg3YG6pZZ

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#107 Tj / yrddy - Score: 36 - 08/19/14 @ 07:36 
yw21PO<C-C><C-C>22i v <Esc>xGo<C-C><C-C>22i m <Esc>xVggy6PZZ

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#108 James / Dronak - Score: 37 - 09/12/13 @ 20:06 
22i v <Esc>xi<CR><BS><Esc>yw21Po<Esc>22i m <Esc>x2k3Y2j6pZZ

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#109 Pradeep Kumar / pradeep6kumar - Score: 38 - 02/05/13 @ 05:03 
yW$21pY2pk22R v <Esc>x:3<CR>22R m <Esc>xgg3YG6pZZ

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#110 Tobias Praetsch / tpraetsch - Score: 38 - 02/16/13 @ 21:23 
O v <Esc>Go m <Esc><C-V>2k2by$21py2j6P:%s/\s$//<CR>ZZ

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#111 Jan Wedekind / wedesoft - Score: 38 - 05/15/13 @ 15:23 
O v <Esc>Go m <Esc><C-V>1G0y21P3yy6P:%d<BS>s/ $<CR>:wq!<CR>

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#112 Piotr Śniegowski / PiotrSniegowski - Score: 38 - 06/06/13 @ 12:30 
ye21PI<CR><Esc>k22i  v<Esc>0<Del>jo<Esc>22i  m<Esc>0<Del>y2kP5PZZ

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#113 Oliver Christ / 0liverChrist - Score: 38 - 09/25/13 @ 15:15 
O v<Esc>21a  v<Esc>j21avim<Esc>o m<Esc>21a  m<Esc>Vkky6PZZ

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#114 Christopher Harrison / Xophmeister - Score: 39 - 02/06/13 @ 14:17 
yw21PYpx:s/[^m]/ /g|t0|s/m/v/g|%y<CR>66PZZ

Xophmeister: That's weird: I did '6PZZ' after the ex-command, but it's been recorded as '66PZZ' :P

udioica: You had a hit-enter prompt. Any time you see a hit-enter prompt, Vim records the next stroke in duplicate (unless you actually hit enter...). It's a bug in Vim.

Xophmeister: Vim has bugs!?

zulolosi: Add a new issue with this problem in the web page: https://code.google.com/p/vim/issues/list

zulolosi: The problem was solved in vim 7.4.65, last version is 7.4.103 (11/27/2013). Thanks to @udioica. https://code.google.com/p/vim/source/detail?r=7f341db39d5bee0a9259a14a65e19bc9efa65417

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#115 ltn614 / ltn614 - Score: 39 - 09/23/15 @ 08:25 
yw21PO <Esc>22av  <Esc>xxjo <Esc>22am  <Esc>xxgg3yy6PZZ

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#116 Adam Bell / adamgbell - Score: 40 - 02/25/13 @ 02:26 
yw21PYpx:s/[^m]/ /g|t0<CR>:s/m/v/g<CR>:%y<CR>6PZZ

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#117 Jacob / jayekub - Score: 40 - 03/22/14 @ 23:09 
d$22pO<Esc>22i v <Esc>xjo<Esc>22i m <Esc>xo<Esc>vgghd7pGddZZ

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#118 Felipe Jaramillo F / mrfelipe - Score: 40 - 04/02/14 @ 16:22 
d$22pO<Esc>22i v <Esc>xjo<Esc>22i m <Esc>xo<Esc>vgghd7pGddZZ

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#119 brett / brettyukich - Score: 41 - 09/21/13 @ 21:55 
O  v<Esc>Go  m<Esc><C-V>gg0xqq22pGo<Esc>q6@qdd:%s/^ //<CR>ZZ

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#120 Jesse Nazario / JesseNazario - Score: 52 - 04/18/13 @ 20:25 
ye20o<Esc>2G22Pqqv0y3jpq5@qggD22a v <Esc>x6@q3G22a m <Esc>x6@qZZ

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#121 Justin Knag / justinknag - Score: 402 - 08/28/14 @ 15:17 
yw21Pyy6pggO V<BS>vm<BS>  <C-C><C-C>v0y21Puvllllllhy$xl21puhhhhllllllllli  <C-C><C-C>jjkkllllllllllhllivjj<C-C><C-C>uhll0v$y$21puvhhhhhhy$21pkddkujklxxujju<C-R><C-R><C-R><C-R><C-R>ddO v<BS><BS><BS>jj<BS><BS><BS><C-C><C-C>hqa qkqsa<C-C><C-C>qqa kqqasq<C-C><C-C>qujkqa qkqai v q<BS><C-C><C-C>q21@ajjui  V<BS>v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v<C-C><C-C>yyj2pjjjk2pjjjkukkh:%s:3/v<CR>:3/v<CR>:3/v<CR>:<Up>/m/g<CR>:3,3s/v/m/g<CR>:noh<CR>2yyjjp2jp2jpj2jkpjjpjjpjdd$xkllkxklxkklxklxkklxklxklkxklxkklxklxkklxklxkkklxZZ

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