Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: #3817 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 4
Swap values - 4670 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #829 / 1285
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1603 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 5
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #355 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #621 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #1127 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1522 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1070 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: #431 / 673
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment, increment, increment.... - 703 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #332 / 414
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 1079 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #292 / 351
  • Number of attempts: 4
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