Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33981 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: #3558 / 7507
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #865 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2410 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 5
V to the i - 4864 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1680 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #337 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2274 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #1183 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 1020 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #149 / 279
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1265 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 2
C Reformatting - 709 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #90 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 2
Paragraph breaks - 534 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #102 / 170
  • Number of attempts: 4
comments galore - 1079 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #197 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 2
From A to B - 605 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #118 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #828 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2804 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2598 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 1
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