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 - 33878 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: 35
  • Position: #6632 / 7476
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6366 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1025 / 1555
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2206 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3624 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #605 / 1178
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3947 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #658 / 895
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #1621 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3851 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 1
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