Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33969 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: #3507 / 7502
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values - 4701 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1034 / 1290
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2056 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 4
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #404 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2909 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #435 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #666 / 4243
  • Number of attempts: 2
Wrap text in quotes - 374 entries

All the blocks of text should be wrapped in quotation marks.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #59 / 123
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1260 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #823 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16178 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2175 / 4217
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #982 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13029 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3485 / 3985
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alejandro Claro
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