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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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3969 active golfers, 12967 entries

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#631 - kleiduif / @bertwinwubs

11/29/2015 at 12:45AM

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#632 - Patrick Cichon / @the_nQL

12/07/2015 at 06:27PM

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12/11/2015 at 08:37PM

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12/17/2015 at 06:34PM

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12/25/2015 at 09:49PM

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#640 - Adv_Zxy / @adv_zxy

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#641 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

01/01/2016 at 04:06PM

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01/08/2016 at 12:16AM

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#645 - Alan Kang / @alankang

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#646 - Sam Stites / @SamStites

01/08/2016 at 04:43AM

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