Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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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: 23
  • Position: #2445 / 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: 8
  • Position: #1077 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7966 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #657 / 2143
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sudoku table - 92 entries

Make this simple sudoku table look nice and legible.

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 68
  • Position: #26 / 34
  • Number of attempts: 1
swap or reverse - 126 entries

Try to swap or reverse the line as needed.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #36 / 69
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #269 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 4
learn vim in short time - 240 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #78 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10693 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #809 / 3693
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3097 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 1
Minimalist Limerick - 520 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #23 / 174
  • Number of attempts: 3
Stairs Indenting - 479 entries

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #125 / 199
  • Number of attempts: 1
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