Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 28
  • Position: #4551 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4651 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #361 / 1278
  • Number of attempts: 8
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2910 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #275 / 861
  • Number of attempts: 4
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #553 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2372 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #274 / 757
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11523 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3225 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16075 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #1139 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 2
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