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Played Challenges

Generate English Alphabets - 540 entries

Start with a, get up to z.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #79 / 216
  • Number of attempts: 4
Insert a Markdown link - 473 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #20 / 157
  • Number of attempts: 5
The holy-grail may help - 405 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #57 / 221
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1093 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #63 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 2
Increment, increment, increment.... - 709 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #91 / 417
  • Number of attempts: 1
Indentation - 575 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #108 / 183
  • Number of attempts: 1
Dumb to smart - 116 entries

Turn dumb quote to smart vim's way.

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #18 / 60
  • Number of attempts: 1
The Cake is a Lie - 1418 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #31 / 543
  • Number of attempts: 1
Compile C - 454 entries

You might have to get clever to do this one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #39 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 2
Get rid of html tags - 465 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #74 / 262
  • Number of attempts: 1
Deleting folded text - 429 entries

The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #87 / 131
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2688 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 2
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