Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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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: 37
  • Position: #6913 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1246 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 7
Flip the bit - 140 entries

Change the specific 0 to a 1.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #51 / 79
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2802 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 5
Increment each number - 1062 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #100 / 257
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #4131 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #961 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 8
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: 20
  • Position: #2930 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 3
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