Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: #137 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #277 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract argument from function - 2399 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #139 / 767
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1996 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add to end of each line... kinda - 344 entries

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #49 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1171 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #96 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #268 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #600 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #808 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2898 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5114 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1191 / 1759
  • Number of attempts: 2
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