Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #3357 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #21 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #141 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 4
camel riding - 793 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #11 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 5
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #124 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2302 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #683 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #544 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1434 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 7
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