Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: 28
  • Position: #4220 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #707 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18896 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1385 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1212 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3501 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #592 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 5
C Reformatting - 709 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 53
  • Position: #99 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #252 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2155 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1596 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 3
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