Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 37
  • Position: #6884 / 7503
  • 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: 20
  • Position: #409 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 1
Generate a list of numbers - 302 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #41 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #834 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1690 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #228 / 454
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #199 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2702 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1151 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #105 / 456
  • Number of attempts: 2
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