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 - 33964 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: #602 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4853 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1197 / 1909
  • Number of attempts: 4
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #289 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2260 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7997 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #751 / 2152
  • Number of attempts: 3
C Reformatting - 709 entries

You may use Visual mode... or not. #uppercase

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #102 / 165
  • Number of attempts: 1
A grid of punctuation - 145 entries

Create a checkerboard of = and - in an 80×24 grid!

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #56 / 63
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #1169 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2553 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2352 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 5
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