Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33717 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 / 7441
  • 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 - 54 entries

For the Citizen Hacks 2019 Vim competition

  • Best score: 52
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #10 / 17
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18751 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #637 / 3869
  • Number of attempts: 14
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2890 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #231 / 855
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #487 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 9
Box it - 7915 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #530 / 1880
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16014 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1013 / 4188
  • Number of attempts: 10
Change the content of a string - 1591 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #189 / 593
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 12959 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 / 3731
  • Number of attempts: 6
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