Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 25
  • Position: #3164 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 7
Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #318 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2063 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1073 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #396 / 429
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #321 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 7
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #345 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 11
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #389 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13273 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2787 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 2
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