Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 23
  • Position: #2678 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #3048 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 1
Bad Copy Syntax - 2055 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #512 / 536
  • Number of attempts: 1
Split line with dots - 2156 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #620 / 636
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #223 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 8
Cool or not? - 842 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #172 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 2
ninja substitution - 1427 entries

How can you reuse a previous substitution ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #251 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 1
Join 'em - 252 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 4
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #77 / 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: #149 / 411
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3794 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
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