Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: 44
  • Position: #7267 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1384 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 9
V to the i - 4826 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1875 / 1900
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10905 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2697 / 3079
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7956 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 92
  • Position: #1865 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5010 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1067 / 1632
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #4124 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 50
  • Position: #2116 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3926 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3423 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 4
Sarayut Lawilai
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