Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33913 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: 31
  • Position: #5694 / 7487
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18834 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1962 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2915 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #616 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10920 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2695 / 3086
  • Number of attempts: 2
Bad Copy Syntax - 2072 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #504 / 539
  • Number of attempts: 3
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3624 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #752 / 1178
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11551 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3022 / 4233
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16114 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3367 / 4207
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10718 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2445 / 3702
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2747 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 2
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