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: 26
  • Position: #3565 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2924 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3540 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2598 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #3238 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 2
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

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

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #667 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 1
Letter case trickery - 1644 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #388 / 520
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3185 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: #794 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2826 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13266 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2267 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 4
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