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: 22
  • Position: #648 / 7459
  • Number of attempts: 6
Every other line - 2922 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #438 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7971 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #753 / 2145
  • Number of attempts: 5
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #287 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 3
quotes inside quotes - 3182 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: 17
  • Position: #754 / 1085
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2801 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13183 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3077 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 2
Will Handley
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