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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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3968 active golfers, 12966 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#391 - Tim Seyschab / @SeyschabTim

06/12/2014 at 07:17PM

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#392 - Zef / @ZefMusic

06/12/2014 at 11:36PM

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#393 - Evgeniy Veretennikov / @evg_veret

06/13/2014 at 02:44PM

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#394 - Ole Hansen / @0hansen

06/14/2014 at 01:39PM

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#395 - yaon / @yaon4

06/15/2014 at 02:12AM

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#396 - Leland Paul Kusmer / @lelandpaul

06/15/2014 at 11:15PM

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#397 - Bart / @oneofmanybarts

06/16/2014 at 07:03AM

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#398 - Timothy Chong / @timothychongg

06/20/2014 at 06:24PM

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#399 - John Meisner / @jmeisned

06/24/2014 at 03:59AM

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#400 - Alex Pounds / @acreature

06/24/2014 at 07:37PM

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#401 - Richard Jones / @metabrew

06/24/2014 at 07:41PM

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#402 - ドラゴン井門 / @ido_mazine

06/25/2014 at 07:09AM

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#403 - Caek / @Caek_

06/27/2014 at 03:54AM

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#404 - jackliusr / @jackliusr

06/28/2014 at 10:10AM

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#405 - trotha01 / @trotha01

07/01/2014 at 03:52AM

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#406 - Nico Lehmann / @nilehmann

07/06/2014 at 05:01AM

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#407 - James Scriven / @JamesDScriven

07/06/2014 at 01:25PM

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#408 - Lasse Dalegaard / @ldalegaard

07/06/2014 at 09:23PM

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#409 - playalong / @playwithit42

07/07/2014 at 09:27AM

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#410 - Laura Halla / @laura_halla

07/08/2014 at 08:19PM

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#411 - ren / @wxoc

07/10/2014 at 07:41AM

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#412 - magizbox / @rain_1024

07/13/2014 at 03:03AM

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#413 - Oleg Tsymbalyuk / @oleg_tc

07/18/2014 at 04:59AM

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#414 - Pete Johns / @johnsyweb

07/20/2014 at 01:45AM

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#415 - Alphonso De La Morte / @FatDrakula

07/20/2014 at 12:08PM

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#416 - Birkir Ólafsson / @Birkirlafsson

07/20/2014 at 01:40PM

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#417 - joomy / @cattheory

07/20/2014 at 07:58PM

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#418 - Yoonho Lee / @ID_einet89

07/21/2014 at 01:08PM

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#419 - Rafee / @rafee_buet

07/22/2014 at 01:58PM

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#420 - Darren Firth / @DarrenSFirth

07/23/2014 at 04:14AM