Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: 24
  • Position: #2979 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 5
Search and Replace 0 - 5074 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1367 / 1653
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13014 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2607 / 3981
  • Number of attempts: 3
Alec Winograd
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