Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33801 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: #2154 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 9
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: 10
  • Position: #169 / 1551
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 18811 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2286 / 3883
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values inside brackets - 2522 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #415 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10905 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #541 / 3079
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1030 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 6
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1107 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 6
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