Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: 46
  • Position: #7347 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #1279 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 1
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2927 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 93
  • Position: #855 / 865
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5115 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1573 / 1667
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #4128 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3985 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 63
  • Position: #833 / 852
  • Number of attempts: 1
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