Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: 22
  • Position: #1280 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 7
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #94 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #851 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 9
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #377 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #630 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #880 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 9
Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #431 / 594
  • Number of attempts: 2
Generate a list of numbers - 302 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #20 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1761 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #875 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13526 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1689 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 3
Alec Goebel
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