Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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Played Challenges

Yo To Hello - 1152 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #156 / 534
  • Number of attempts: 5
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: #2198 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 12
Swap values inside brackets - 2523 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #418 / 587
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4830 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #734 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 6
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1520 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1397 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #1249 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
One to Ten - 2241 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: 20
  • Position: #579 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 6
Increment each number - 1043 entries

Increment each number individually by one

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #178 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 1
Array transposition - 2436 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #420 / 452
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1045 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 11
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