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 - 33586 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: #132 / 7409
  • Number of attempts: 10
Just the middle - 11423 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #433 / 4185
  • Number of attempts: 2
Acute accents - 33 entries

Featuring all 17 lowercase letters with an acute accent digraph. Find a way to automate the digraphs.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #9 / 25
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7903 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1158 / 2125
  • Number of attempts: 4
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #907 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 2
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