Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33745 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: #4173 / 7448
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #192 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #597 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #226 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #205 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1684 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 3
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #791 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10695 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #690 / 3694
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13068 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2755 / 3757
  • Number of attempts: 1
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