Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: 31
  • Position: #5610 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #234 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #3795 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1118 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 5
Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #157 / 594
  • Number of attempts: 5
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #125 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 11
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #375 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 7
Array transposition - 2474 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #122 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 10
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2261 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1271 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2984 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13526 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #538 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 5
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