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 - 33552 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: #513 / 7401
  • Number of attempts: 6
Swap values - 4606 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #835 / 1265
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18705 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2597 / 3855
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4796 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #375 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2144 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #369 / 634
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2872 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #361 / 640
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11418 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2199 / 4182
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7891 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1236 / 2121
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15956 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2144 / 4171
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12918 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1536 / 3957
  • Number of attempts: 1
Zed Byrne
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