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 - 33929 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: 32
  • Position: #5863 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2123 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 7
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #486 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #970 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 4
Array transposition - 2444 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #361 / 453
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #657 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3249 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2585 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 3
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