Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33240 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: 22
  • Position: #1624 / 7331
  • Number of attempts: 9
V to the i - 4717 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #623 / 1874
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3502 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #64 / 1134
  • Number of attempts: 4
Copy three lines - 2825 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #235 / 631
  • Number of attempts: 6
Double and switch - 37 entries

Aaaanother case switcher

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #17 / 17
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 729 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #50 / 359
  • Number of attempts: 3
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