Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 30718 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: 7
Com(m)a Trouble - 2894 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values inside brackets - 2210 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Number of attempts: 3
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2516 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Number of attempts: 3
Put the months in order - 765 entries

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 33
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3026 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 16870 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Number of attempts: 5
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