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: #1822 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18903 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #527 / 3904
  • Number of attempts: 10
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: 14
  • Position: #393 / 867
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #56 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3652 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #636 / 1185
  • Number of attempts: 4
Com(m)a Trouble - 3993 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #273 / 910
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #119 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2879 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 1
ninja substitution - 1439 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #101 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 9
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: 13
  • Position: #383 / 688
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reorder the groups - 1201 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #21 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 5
I forgot quotes - 16239 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #881 / 4225
  • Number of attempts: 7
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