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

Rural Post - 4579 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #922 / 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: #2810 / 7490
  • Number of attempts: 6
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: 16
  • Position: #1079 / 1557
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7987 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #967 / 1895
  • Number of attempts: 4
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