Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4567 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #580 / 1114
  • Number of attempts: 3
Satisfy the go linter - 2450 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: #414 / 485
  • Number of attempts: 2
Yo To Hello - 1151 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #432 / 533
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 23
  • Position: #2786 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 10
V to the i - 4826 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1466 / 1900
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10905 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2329 / 3079
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7956 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #1570 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3102 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
One to Ten - 2240 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 / 681
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2475 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 2
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