Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: #5625 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #241 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3088 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #88 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2081 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #407 / 542
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7999 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #139 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 6
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #641 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3844 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 3
Team names - 1860 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #172 / 595
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #976 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 6
Array transposition - 2474 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #270 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1799 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1293 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 10
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2214 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 1
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