Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Fix the shell script! - 2663 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #253 / 619
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: 22
  • Position: #2421 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3631 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #512 / 1179
  • Number of attempts: 3
Cool or not? - 852 entries

abc trying to be cool or not...

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #202 / 234
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1517 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2243 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: 17
  • Position: #569 / 683
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1623 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vertical Limit - 2615 entries

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

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #265 / 772
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #675 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 3
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