Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

simple format - 2823 entries

make it look better.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 51
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 11728 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values inside brackets - 1450 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Number of attempts: 2
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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Number of attempts: 5
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.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 1630 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 12725 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 1553 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 2
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.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 1699 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Number of attempts: 7
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.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 9
Michael Aquilina
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Open Source Enthusiast. Linux Fanboi. Backend Engineer @MakingLyst

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