Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33385 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: 36
  • Position: #6691 / 7364
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4543 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #928 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18616 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3007 / 3842
  • Number of attempts: 2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #758 / 840
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3537 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #124 / 1144
  • Number of attempts: 7
Com(m)a Trouble - 3675 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #708 / 827
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7828 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1114 / 1865
  • Number of attempts: 7
Cool or not? - 793 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #76 / 226
  • Number of attempts: 10
One to Ten - 2165 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: #62 / 662
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3005 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 5
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