Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33969 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: 24
  • Position: #2974 / 7502
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2141 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 1
multiple cursor alternative - 1556 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #269 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 20
  • Position: #338 / 469
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11582 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3549 / 4243
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1327 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2472 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #327 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16178 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2963 / 4217
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13029 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2953 / 3985
  • Number of attempts: 1
Philippe
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Technicien en informatique. Je jongle avec logiciels libres et privateurs, #VIM est mon ami. Moto thermique et voiture électrique sont mes vaisseaux.

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