Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: 33
  • Position: #6040 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #81 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #544 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #355 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 4
Collect List - 4317 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1022 / 1194
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #220 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 6
Winding path - 122 entries

It's a maze, but the bad paths have been blocked off. Mark the correct path.

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 67
  • Position: #33 / 42
  • Number of attempts: 2
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1164 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #238 / 301
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2035 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3448 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vincent Yu
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Juggling kids, fitness, photons, electrons, and geeky stuff. Wannabe firebreather.

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