Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 22
  • Position: #2114 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 7
Get mail address from outlook format - 649 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #19 / 204
  • Number of attempts: 5
citizen_hacks_2019_part1 - 57 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition

  • Best score: 52
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #11 / 18
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #637 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 14
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: 13
  • Position: #231 / 863
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #487 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 9
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #532 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1013 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 10
Change the content of a string - 1711 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #189 / 629
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13273 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #621 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 6
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