Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 34033 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: #2041 / 7519
  • Number of attempts: 11
Swap values - 4707 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1103 / 1294
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18911 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3108 / 3907
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 913 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #56 / 160
  • Number of attempts: 8
V to the i - 4887 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #703 / 1916
  • Number of attempts: 4
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2937 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #216 / 868
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10958 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #393 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #1020 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11634 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3006 / 4262
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5737 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #585 / 1281
  • Number of attempts: 6
One to Ten - 2260 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: #242 / 689
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16240 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1937 / 4226
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2443 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13058 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1072 / 3993
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13667 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1876 / 3914
  • Number of attempts: 4
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