Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33745 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: 27
  • Position: #3746 / 7448
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #376 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 3
Team names - 1843 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #86 / 590
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #1056 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7966 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #20 / 2143
  • Number of attempts: 9
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #690 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #194 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2827 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10695 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #169 / 3694
  • Number of attempts: 8
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