Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: 23
  • Position: #2508 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4679 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #55 / 1287
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18862 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #28 / 3896
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11566 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2184 / 4238
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7990 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1040 / 2149
  • Number of attempts: 1
Align commas - 1105 entries

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #16 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 5
Lim Chun Leng
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