Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33353 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: #370 / 7358
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4535 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #531 / 1255
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11346 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2115 / 4160
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5584 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #658 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7778 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1530 / 2095
  • Number of attempts: 1
comments galore - 998 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #142 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alsa configuration - 488 entries

I'm tweaking my ~/.asoundrc file!

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #88 / 124
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4261 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #555 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15922 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1633 / 4159
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10616 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2086 / 3663
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12848 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1513 / 3943
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12230 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1472 / 3567
  • Number of attempts: 1
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