Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: 28
  • Position: #4414 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10905 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #861 / 3079
  • Number of attempts: 8
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3616 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #990 / 1174
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7956 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #1373 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2841 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 7
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #391 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reorder the groups - 1182 entries

Change the order so that the groups of fruit come before the vegetables.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #203 / 265
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13184 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #573 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 4
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