Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: #4884 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 5
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6397 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1119 / 1563
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #3670 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 2
Space out the alphabet - 1696 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #426 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1022 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 1
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