Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33990 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: 27
  • Position: #3802 / 7510
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4704 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #553 / 1292
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4866 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #93 / 1913
  • Number of attempts: 4
Extract argument from function - 2409 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #736 / 771
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1812 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 2
Make HTML List - 1071 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 56
  • Position: #251 / 275
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8014 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1032 / 2154
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4336 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1022 / 1198
  • Number of attempts: 2
readability - 332 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #18 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 2
Logging with key - 342 entries

Sometimes it is better to log with meaningful key

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #71 / 89
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sorting database text output - 229 entries

Sometimes it is nice to be able to quickly take column-formatted text output from the SQL command line and turn it into a list of useful data. In this case we want a unique, sorted list of the values from the second column combined into one comma-separated list. What is the fewest strokes you can do this in?

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #84 / 85
  • Number of attempts: 1
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1188 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #238 / 308
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2984 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 13037 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2865 / 3989
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13606 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2553 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 2
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