Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4579 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #581 / 1117
  • Number of attempts: 3
Satisfy the go linter - 2476 entries

You just came up with this briliant go vars package. But dang, you forgot to add comments to the exported variables. Can you add a comment over each variable with a TODO-placeholder?

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #419 / 492
  • Number of attempts: 2
Yo To Hello - 1154 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #433 / 535
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33910 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: 23
  • Position: #2794 / 7486
  • Number of attempts: 10
V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1467 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10920 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2333 / 3086
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7975 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #1574 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11551 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3105 / 4233
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: #580 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10718 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2478 / 3702
  • Number of attempts: 2
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