Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: #4177 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1018 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1589 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #345 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 3
Search and Replace 0 - 5124 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1415 / 1670
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2158 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1825 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 2048 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #351 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2789 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1539 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5120 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #410 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 18
  • Position: #2753 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 3
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日曜5時半には絶対に予定を入れない遊戯王ファン。 Ubuntu初信者(造語)。アマチュアなりにHoudiniと3D-Coatで3DCGやってます。

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