Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: #2522 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4667 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #403 / 1284
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1089 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 5
Split line with dots - 2156 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #190 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2882 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #203 / 642
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2217 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #466 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #741 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 4
Align commas - 1097 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: 12
  • Position: #101 / 247
  • Number of attempts: 5
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #225 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1296 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2134 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1550 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 2
Alex Rod.
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