Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: #1267 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 14
From argument to object - 1536 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: 17
  • Position: #82 / 466
  • Number of attempts: 10
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1061 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1063 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #353 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 8
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #675 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 2
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