Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: #5204 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4670 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #907 / 1285
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3424 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1148 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2587 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 3
Team names - 1854 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #75 / 593
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #771 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1620 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 3
camel riding - 793 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #269 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10721 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2826 / 3704
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3138 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13427 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1669 / 3849
  • Number of attempts: 2
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