Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: #1048 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 10
From argument to object - 1534 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: #235 / 465
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2512 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5693 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #120 / 1271
  • Number of attempts: 7
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #371 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 9
Array transposition - 2430 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #117 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 8
Collect List - 4312 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #588 / 1193
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1776 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1274 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 8
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #892 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 13
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