Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: #1258 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #385 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 6
Team names - 1861 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #113 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 4
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1052 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #2 / 400
  • Number of attempts: 5
For all cases. - 180 entries

In this case... change it! :) Watch the line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #53 / 111
  • Number of attempts: 1
Pretty multi-line bash - 256 entries

Bash line continuations are much prettier when they're column aligned.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #27 / 80
  • Number of attempts: 5
Generate a list of numbers - 312 entries

Please generate list of numbers from 1 to 20.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #47 / 144
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #702 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 6
A Simple One - 1093 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #466 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 1
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