Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34020 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: 28
  • Position: #4196 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4705 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #842 / 1293
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2175 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #175 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reverse Simple Deletion - 874 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #453 / 466
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment, increment, increment.... - 709 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #379 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13644 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #937 / 3906
  • Number of attempts: 4
Petr Blaho
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Rubyist at Red Hat

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