Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33868 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: 26
  • Position: #3492 / 7475
  • Number of attempts: 4
Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1360 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2946 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3185 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #822 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete unwanted lines - 431 entries

Delete all lines which does not end in "o.."

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #129 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1138 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #255 / 450
  • Number of attempts: 3
replacing each line of a block selection - 3007 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #464 / 780
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13274 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2957 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 1
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