Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: #3050 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1895 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #2009 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #623 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #636 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2856 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 3
ninja substitution - 1436 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #167 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 4
Line under headers - 2087 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #345 / 513
  • Number of attempts: 5
Happy TvvO - 432 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #137 / 207
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #554 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 2
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