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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 5192f96ad8df110002000002

Words in parens

We should all ace this, right?

Start file

one two
three

End file

(one) (two)
(three)

View Diff

1,2c1,2
< one two
< three
---
> (one) (two)
> (three)

Solutions

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::%s/\(\a*\)/(&)/g<CR>ZZ<C-A><BS><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><BS><CR><CR>%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ/<Esc><Esc>u<Esc>/<BS>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<CR>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><CR><Esc>:w<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

Created by: @udioica Tweet

3939 active golfers, 12824 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - Marion Oldman / @ThatBigCock

01/15/2021 at 01:26AM

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#2 - Matthew Jurenka / @JurenkaMatthew

01/19/2021 at 06:16AM

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#3 - John Braxler / @braxler

01/19/2021 at 02:32PM

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#4 - Michael Ye / @mly32michael

01/24/2021 at 05:27PM

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#5 - 時空裂縫 / @0xdcbf

01/06/2022 at 08:11AM

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#6 - Andreas Siegrist / @andreaszwei

02/03/2022 at 01:44PM

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#7 - D. 👋 / @DCT_cpp

02/14/2022 at 01:50PM

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#8 - Alex / @AlexanderHeatl2

05/27/2022 at 05:53PM

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#9 - Brandon / @Brandon10678836

08/31/2022 at 11:45AM

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#10 - math is what I hate / @mpnmbn

09/20/2022 at 05:51PM

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#11 - 刘宏亮 / @AkeyCoy

09/24/2022 at 03:27AM

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#12 - Akshay Barpute / @akshaybarpute

09/26/2022 at 02:12AM

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#13 - Omar Alawadhi / @OmarAla59544225

10/19/2022 at 10:34PM

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#14 - 咸糖🎯 / @GIA917229015

07/09/2023 at 11:46AM

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#15 - Mohammad Apel Mahmod / @apel_mahmod

09/18/2023 at 07:05AM

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#16 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

05/15/2013 at 11:49PM

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#17 - hafsteinn / @hafsteinn

05/19/2013 at 08:51PM

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#18 - Paul Nelson / @_Pablosan

05/20/2013 at 05:53PM

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#19 - Nathan Bouscal / @nbouscal

05/27/2013 at 09:06PM

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#20 - Joe Jackson / @anything_joes

06/03/2013 at 08:04PM

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#21 - Al / @96258

06/06/2013 at 03:48AM

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#22 - Shoop Da Whoop / @ShoopDaWhoop8

06/06/2013 at 08:02PM

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#23 - jk / @kewnapse

06/07/2013 at 11:30PM

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#24 - Sebastian Kusnier / @skusnier

06/26/2013 at 12:43PM

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#25 - James Davis / @tripvg

06/26/2013 at 08:49PM

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#26 - Łukasz Bujakowski / @eggxtreme

06/27/2013 at 11:30AM

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#27 - Steve Tjoa / @stevetjoa

07/02/2013 at 07:54AM

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#28 - powertomato / @powertomato

07/03/2013 at 11:17PM

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#29 - Norm Fasey / @DeathRay1977

07/04/2013 at 11:29PM

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#30 - Thiago Alves / @townk

07/05/2013 at 06:18AM