Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: 29
  • Position: #4886 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2757 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2920 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #584 / 864
  • Number of attempts: 3
multiple cursor alternative - 1547 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #163 / 385
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1072 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7981 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1102 / 2147
  • Number of attempts: 2
Delete to the end of the current line - 865 entries

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

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #325 / 415
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3673 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2480 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1776 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 4
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