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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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3976 active golfers, 12991 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#3661 - Chris Trotman / @solarnz

10/06/2014 at 01:30AM

23

#3662 - Vadim / @faberge_eggs

11/27/2014 at 11:52AM

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#3663 - Will McClellan / @willmcc_

03/04/2015 at 06:12AM

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#3664 - ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಜೋಶಿ / @subbucoding

03/27/2015 at 04:33PM

23

#3665 - Joseph Siddall / @jbsiddall

04/19/2015 at 06:09AM

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#3666 - Gabriel Magno / @GabrielMagno

06/05/2015 at 10:23PM

23

#3667 - Dylan / @helloasdff

07/24/2015 at 03:33AM

23

#3668 - Michel Ganguin / @tinycrazyfish

03/02/2016 at 10:27AM

23

#3669 - Christopher Sipes / @Chris_Sipes

04/16/2016 at 07:15AM

23

#3670 - Michael Dykman / @MichaelDykman

04/28/2016 at 02:59PM

23

#3671 - Denys Zadorozhnyi / @greenden

06/14/2016 at 04:56PM

23

#3672 - Keith Rogers / @keirog

10/22/2016 at 04:58PM

23

#3673 - Aurélien Hervé / @aurel_herve

04/19/2017 at 03:46PM

23

#3674 - Juho Härme / @jharme

05/22/2017 at 08:45PM

23

#3675 - Bhatta Sushmith / @bsushmith

08/25/2017 at 08:56PM

23

#3676 - Scott Kidder / @scottkidder

11/09/2017 at 10:15PM

23

#3677 - Andrew Davis / @AndrewD14539793

01/28/2018 at 05:06AM

23

#3678 - Infinity Delta / @InfinityDelta

01/28/2018 at 04:48PM

23

#3679 - 이규승 / @IAHvPQrHVoh21zG

06/29/2018 at 08:39AM

23

#3680 - jenna why do i have to make this / @jenna_have

10/23/2019 at 11:39PM

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#3681 - ＥＮＳＯＲＩＺＡＴＩＯＮ / @ensorization

11/01/2019 at 08:26PM

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#3682 - Aaron / @_Lordofthevoid_

12/17/2019 at 05:55PM

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#3683 - Sai Hemanth / @saihemanth9019

04/24/2020 at 12:09PM

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#3684 - gino / @imGinoW

05/22/2020 at 04:33AM

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#3685 - Theo 🙊 / @Theodonal

07/23/2020 at 09:02PM

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#3686 - Kaustubh Murumkar / @k_austub_h

08/29/2020 at 01:20PM

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#3687 - Tuukka Laitinen / @tuukka_la

09/21/2020 at 07:14PM

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#3688 - Filipe 💙 / @ABarroso

11/02/2020 at 09:06PM

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#3689 - zhaolei / @zhaolei

11/16/2020 at 12:13PM

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#3690 - sh-wayz / @WayzSh

12/30/2020 at 03:42AM