Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

HS exam question - 1577 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 78
  • Position: #255 / 415
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4462 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #582 / 1093
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33584 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: 24
  • Position: #3088 / 7407
  • Number of attempts: 4
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6298 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #297 / 1535
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10846 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #632 / 3060
  • Number of attempts: 6
Box it - 7902 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #1219 / 1874
  • Number of attempts: 3
multiple cursor alternative - 1519 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: 24
  • Position: #295 / 380
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11423 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3575 / 4185
  • Number of attempts: 2
Build a six - 294 entries

Just enjoy building "a" floors...

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #40 / 95
  • Number of attempts: 3
Join 'em - 251 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #68 / 151
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reorder the groups - 1181 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #181 / 264
  • Number of attempts: 2
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