Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 29
  • Position: #4918 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6358 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #460 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1285 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 5
Quote modules - 1094 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #122 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10891 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1172 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #703 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3618 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
Line under headers - 2068 entries

Put a line under each header, and remove the other markdown formatting.

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #255 / 508
  • Number of attempts: 6
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