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 - 33990 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: 26
  • Position: #3552 / 7510
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4704 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #1251 / 1292
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3795 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2803 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 1
Letter case trickery - 1666 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #498 / 524
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13037 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2925 / 3989
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13606 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3253 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 1
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