Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33354 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: 23
  • Position: #2633 / 7358
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18615 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1849 / 3841
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3528 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #103 / 1142
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7818 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1114 / 1861
  • Number of attempts: 2
Cool or not? - 793 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #16 / 226
  • Number of attempts: 3
Convert Application Output to CSV - 187 entries

Change the application output to comma-separated values

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #12 / 52
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2159 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #33 / 660
  • Number of attempts: 4
move titles next to url, in quotes - 504 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #35 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 15923 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2660 / 4159
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12850 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #945 / 3944
  • Number of attempts: 3
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