Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33905 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: #3509 / 7484
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18834 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3554 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2156 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #374 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11546 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3478 / 4232
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #915 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paragraph sort - 450 entries

My large herbivorous mammals, Vim commands, and POSIX utilities need to be sorted separately.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #120 / 125
  • Number of attempts: 6
Generate a list of numbers - 299 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 53
  • Position: #140 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10718 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3133 / 3702
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13332 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3132 / 3827
  • Number of attempts: 3
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