Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33897 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: 37
  • Position: #6881 / 7482
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18834 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3211 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 1
Number Sort - 319 entries

sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #25 / 170
  • Number of attempts: 1
Learn some german verbs - 541 entries

The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #83 / 134
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16102 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3279 / 4204
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13304 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1694 / 3819
  • Number of attempts: 5
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