Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

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: 22
  • Position: #421 / 7501
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #43 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #16 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 8
Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 858 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #381 / 444
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2175 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: #6 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 3
From A to B - 603 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #6 / 160
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #386 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #947 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 4
Increment, increment, increment.... - 703 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #7 / 414
  • Number of attempts: 4
Tom Harada
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Bernhard Riemann's hype man y'all. AKA D.J. T.H.O.M.A.S.

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