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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: #2476 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4826 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1122 / 1900
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #552 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5693 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #756 / 1271
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1931 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 985 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #157 / 260
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1073 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #325 / 429
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2515 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #946 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #176 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #894 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 5
quotes inside quotes - 3182 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #629 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3576 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5089 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #388 / 1751
  • Number of attempts: 11
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