Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33745 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: #1653 / 7448
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18777 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #931 / 3876
  • Number of attempts: 7
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3605 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #117 / 1170
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7927 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1293 / 1883
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #468 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 1
Flip the bit - 132 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #10 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2797 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2227 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: 14
  • Position: #437 / 677
  • Number of attempts: 5
Increment each number - 1032 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #159 / 251
  • Number of attempts: 1
move titles next to url, in quotes - 538 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #43 / 143
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #834 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 11
Simple text editing with Vim - 13068 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #568 / 3757
  • Number of attempts: 6
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