Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: 30
  • Position: #5162 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 1
Separate the lines - 197 entries

Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #73 / 96
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1247 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 2
From argument to object - 1552 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #202 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #485 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 1
Copy three lines - 2911 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #373 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 2
comment and uncomment code inline - 1161 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #49 / 330
  • Number of attempts: 4
Todo list specification - 409 entries

The every item on the todo list must be done today. Modify the list to reflect that.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #111 / 185
  • Number of attempts: 1
Missing Library and a Typo - 952 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #146 / 222
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple addition - 341 entries

The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #105 / 126
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1066 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add Go XML to structure tags - 195 entries

The Go programming language can directly map XML to structure fields. Add the correct XML tag after each field.

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #62 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #994 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3494 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 1
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