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: 29
  • Position: #4839 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2523 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #224 / 587
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap the operands under comparison - 313 entries

Swap the operands under comparison to prevent null pointer exception (at least in java)

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #85 / 105
  • Number of attempts: 1
convert yml into java pojo field - 867 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #98 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1788 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 4
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