Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: 35
  • Position: #6616 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values inside brackets - 2521 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #559 / 585
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #661 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #482 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 7
Search and Replace 0 - 5007 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #591 / 1631
  • Number of attempts: 6
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1949 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13134 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3112 / 3776
  • Number of attempts: 6
Hao-Ting Wang
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Postdoc at @YorkPsychology. DMN, mind wandering, machine learning, big data. In need of new profile picture.

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