Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 23
  • Position: #2475 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1712 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1101 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #417 / 433
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mirror Symmetry - 845 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #268 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4342 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #539 / 1200
  • Number of attempts: 5
camel riding - 817 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #95 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 4
Logging with key - 343 entries

Sometimes it is better to log with meaningful key

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #42 / 90
  • Number of attempts: 4
Not enough Ps - 76 entries

Different type of code

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #7 / 40
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fix the XML - 1052 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #278 / 292
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mute the second method of this script - 465 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #234 / 246
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3460 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2732 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 4
Mike McGowan
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