Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4593 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #290 / 1120
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33964 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: 24
  • Position: #3108 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 8
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #977 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1995 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #957 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1396 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 9
quotes inside quotes - 3195 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #944 / 1089
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5110 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1452 / 1758
  • Number of attempts: 2
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