Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: 28
  • Position: #4516 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6381 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #962 / 1558
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10930 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #546 / 3090
  • Number of attempts: 6
Box it - 7991 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #1611 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 5
Copy three lines - 2897 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #423 / 643
  • Number of attempts: 5
One to Ten - 2243 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #280 / 683
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2371 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 7
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