Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33353 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: #1229 / 7358
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18613 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #2433 / 3841
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4743 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #540 / 1878
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5584 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #94 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7778 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1589 / 2095
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15922 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #688 / 4159
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 12848 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3111 / 3943
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 1952 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #483 / 640
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change the content of a string - 1457 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #458 / 552
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12232 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1608 / 3567
  • Number of attempts: 7
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