Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: #894 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #211 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 6
Team names - 1854 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #87 / 593
  • Number of attempts: 5
Stairstep digits - 407 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #74 / 149
  • Number of attempts: 2
Adam's challenge - 1010 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #171 / 277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1022 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1074 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #114 / 430
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #897 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 3
Shriharsh
Twitter:

Happy Man :)

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