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: 22
  • Position: #573 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2058 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1759 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #744 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
A grid of punctuation - 140 entries

Create a checkerboard of = and - in an 80×24 grid!

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #38 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 1
Generate a list of numbers - 299 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #125 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1659 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #213 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #101 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1543 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2002 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2225 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 1
Marek Wawrzos
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