Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: #97 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 5
Add text at some column - 173 entries

Complete golang struct statement.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #60 / 65
  • Number of attempts: 1
Quote modules - 1094 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #185 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 5
Aliases for cd - 881 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 84
  • Position: #144 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10899 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #404 / 3078
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7954 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #721 / 1886
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2369 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #485 / 756
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #409 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4312 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #904 / 1193
  • Number of attempts: 1
Space out the alphabet - 1659 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #444 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #723 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 2
Where should I put the Newline? - 883 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #64 / 438
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #386 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2618 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 3
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