Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33981 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: 33
  • Position: #6177 / 7507
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1080 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2714 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1071 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 2
Learn some german verbs - 547 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: 29
  • Position: #105 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1342 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 2
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1132 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2300 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3310 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 1
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