Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: #6099 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1184 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18896 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3409 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4866 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #370 / 1913
  • Number of attempts: 3
Split line with dots - 2174 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #616 / 638
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3791 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 8014 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1917 / 2154
  • Number of attempts: 1
ASCII box - 365 entries

Don't forget to fix typos!

  • Best score: 23
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #102 / 110
  • Number of attempts: 2
Happy TvvO - 438 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #114 / 210
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #4031 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 3
NBCU Weekly Challenge - Test - 262 entries

Just testing.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #116 / 119
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2045 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 5
Shebangs for all - 2098 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #430 / 531
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 61
  • Position: #3837 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 1
Nicola Coretti
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if you can't do it slow you can't do it fast

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