Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: #396 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 12
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #386 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 8
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #51 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 5
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #167 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 12
Mirrored text - 199 entries

backward and forward, and long enough to be challenging

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #66 / 74
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2321 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 2
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