Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33400 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: 27
  • Position: #3756 / 7369
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4548 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #646 / 1258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Sorting a glossary - 124 entries

Sort a glossary. Glossary head contains a header phrase ending with ':' and glossary body has multi line text indented with a tab.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #74 / 79
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2502 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 2947 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #266 / 768
  • Number of attempts: 2
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