Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33967 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: #91 / 7501
  • Number of attempts: 16
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #200 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 6
learn vim in short time - 245 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #77 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2228 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2382 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 2
Minimalist Limerick - 531 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #52 / 175
  • Number of attempts: 3
The name of the game - 679 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #196 / 364
  • Number of attempts: 4
A Simple One - 1077 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #414 / 676
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13517 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1621 / 3876
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7584 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #584 / 1872
  • Number of attempts: 8
Tom Houlé
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