Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: #1732 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2237 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 7
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2931 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #532 / 867
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1048 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #66 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 12
Two pairs of cluster of letters creates word - 773 entries

Clean and group.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #167 / 182
  • Number of attempts: 4
ninja substitution - 1439 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #208 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 10
One to Ten - 2258 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: #476 / 688
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1193 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 6
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