Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33910 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: #295 / 7486
  • Number of attempts: 10
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 851 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #376 / 440
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16106 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #346 / 4206
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2301 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 5
Increment, increment, increment.... - 703 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #4 / 414
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13343 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2810 / 3830
  • Number of attempts: 3
Mathias
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