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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

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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3969 active golfers, 12967 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#721 - Alan Turing / @alantrng

11/13/2016 at 09:28AM

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#722 - John Newbery / @jonnynewbs

11/14/2016 at 09:41AM

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#723 - John Hassell / @jhassell

11/14/2016 at 03:58PM

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#724 - i1464083 / @i1464083

11/18/2016 at 11:56AM

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#725 - Jon Louie / @jjisnow

11/23/2016 at 10:37AM

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#726 - Guillermo Guirao / @Funkatic

11/24/2016 at 08:53AM

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#727 - Rodney Visser / @_Radnus

11/25/2016 at 07:22AM

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#728 - Wessel Sinnema / @wsinnema

11/26/2016 at 01:04PM

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#729 - Craig Langford / @cllangfo

12/11/2016 at 04:46PM

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#730 - floccwins / @floccwins

12/13/2016 at 10:11AM

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#731 - Roey Berman / @ManBergundyPig

12/16/2016 at 12:00AM

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#732 - Nessig / @Nessig5

12/18/2016 at 07:35AM

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#733 - Shashwat Raghuvanshi / @Shashwat_sr123

12/18/2016 at 12:19PM

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#734 - Peter Chynoweth / @pcchynoweth

12/19/2016 at 06:56PM

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#735 - Saurav Mitra / @SauravMitra11

12/31/2016 at 10:32AM

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#736 - Abc Def / @phweiss1

01/03/2017 at 04:21PM

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#737 - Alexey Filonenko / @BrightOne_LS

01/07/2017 at 08:20PM

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#738 - Social Botolinum / @SocialBot4

01/08/2017 at 01:58PM

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#739 - Михаил Доронин / @Boris_B_London

01/12/2017 at 07:58PM

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#740 - racffee / @RacffedeRacffee

01/19/2017 at 12:53PM

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#741 - terhorst / @terhorst

01/21/2017 at 06:29AM

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#742 - setNull / @dadaojiemo

01/24/2017 at 12:58PM

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#743 - Zhihong Liu / @pieapple03

01/24/2017 at 04:30PM

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#744 - Eduardo Hashimoto / @eduhashi

01/27/2017 at 02:22AM

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#745 - sijinyuan / @sijinyuan

02/06/2017 at 07:55AM

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#746 - Birger / @Birger_Ni

02/08/2017 at 08:43AM

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#747 - Eduardo Almeida / @idurdo

02/17/2017 at 01:40PM

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#748 - Angel Chiang / @angelchiang

02/21/2017 at 04:08AM

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#749 - Tim Grebien / @tiggg

02/21/2017 at 12:01PM

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#750 - hen don / @hendon112

02/26/2017 at 11:28AM