Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33878 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: 26
  • Position: #3682 / 7476
  • Number of attempts: 14
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1520 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 13
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: 14
  • Position: #419 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 6
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1092 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3624 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #922 / 1178
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1331 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1300 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #3056 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 5
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