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: 31
  • Position: #5716 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1177 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10943 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1423 / 3093
  • Number of attempts: 1
Bad Copy Syntax - 2079 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #437 / 541
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3645 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #939 / 1182
  • Number of attempts: 4
Pouya Rostam
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