Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: #3049 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1899 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #837 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #631 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #1229 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 3
Cool or not? - 842 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #159 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5699 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #501 / 1273
  • Number of attempts: 1
Around the clock - 199 entries

You'll want to use 2 special commands to complete this. If you haven't yet, read through 'input.txt', especially :help simple-changes

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #58 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 1
Join 'em - 252 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #75 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 1
Delete to the end of the current line - 855 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #144 / 411
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reorder the groups - 1185 entries

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

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #203 / 266
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13262 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2587 / 3810
  • Number of attempts: 2
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