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: 10
  • Position: #342 / 1117
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33930 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: #2804 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 7
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6380 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #295 / 1557
  • Number of attempts: 6
Add semicolons - 10923 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1588 / 3087
  • Number of attempts: 5
Com(m)a Trouble - 3968 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #329 / 901
  • Number of attempts: 9
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #952 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1072 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2484 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 4
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #626 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 4
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