Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33965 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: #3497 / 7501
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #36 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1582 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 5102 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #435 / 1662
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #610 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 3
From A to B - 603 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #127 / 160
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3193 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 4
Don't know what this is - 2040 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #66 / 590
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #934 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2324 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13512 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1549 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7579 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #486 / 1871
  • Number of attempts: 5
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