Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33964 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: 27
  • Position: #4014 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1897 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4853 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #651 / 1909
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3643 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #201 / 1181
  • Number of attempts: 5
Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #865 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 4
Cool or not? - 852 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #194 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1240 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 2
ninja substitution - 1436 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #19 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1424 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 5
throw away
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