Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33964 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: 28
  • Position: #4377 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1830 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 8
Swap values inside brackets - 2545 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #398 / 591
  • Number of attempts: 7
Vice versa - 7997 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1920 / 2152
  • Number of attempts: 1
convert yml into java pojo field - 873 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: 31
  • Position: #136 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2672 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2345 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3742 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13509 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2754 / 3874
  • Number of attempts: 2
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