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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: 26
  • Position: #3525 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1386 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #743 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 3
VimGolfNight - 583 entries

Based on "The name of the game".

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #322 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #475 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 7
quotes inside quotes - 3200 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: 16
  • Position: #557 / 1091
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2587 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vertical Limit - 2634 entries

transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #423 / 776
  • Number of attempts: 4
Exchanging Quotes - 877 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #153 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 3050 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #504 / 787
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reverse and double space - 511 entries

Reverse the order of the given lines and double space everything

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #188 / 202
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5120 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1079 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2036 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #518 / 657
  • Number of attempts: 1
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