Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: #976 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #255 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 5
Separate the lines - 202 entries

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

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #69 / 98
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4885 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1245 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5162 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #493 / 1675
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #928 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 954 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: 16
  • Position: #44 / 223
  • Number of attempts: 6
Simple addition - 351 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #97 / 128
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add Go XML to structure tags - 211 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: 30
  • Position: #46 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1610 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13645 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1647 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 4
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