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

Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #90 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 10
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #332 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2399 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #175 / 767
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #685 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mirror Symmetry - 830 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #68 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #431 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 6
quotes inside quotes - 3200 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #241 / 1091
  • Number of attempts: 4
A simple change - 479 entries

Just change the numbers in the most efficient way ...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #33 / 197
  • Number of attempts: 6
A Simple One - 1077 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #437 / 676
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 1080 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #106 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 4
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