Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33868 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: 26
  • Position: #3489 / 7475
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4661 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #808 / 1282
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #597 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fun With The Diagonal - 107 entries

change the lowercase characters on the main diagonal to uppercase

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #15 / 81
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2526 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13274 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2797 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 2
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