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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

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#751 - Vimgolf / @vimgolf987

02/27/2017 at 03:59AM

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#752 - Michael Hoffmann / @micha66545852

02/28/2017 at 11:05AM

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#753 - Victor Chabbert / @victor_chabbert

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#754 - Nick Spoon / @be_the_spoon

03/07/2017 at 09:56PM

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#755 - Gkratsia Tantilian / @Gkratsia

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#756 - Eric Beaudoin / @ericlisted

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#758 - Sergey Ryabko / @sergey_ryabko

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#759 - Andreas Anderbach / @anderbacha

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#760 - Tose / @Toseim

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04/06/2017 at 09:52PM

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#764 - Remus Dalrymple / @bornintheflames

04/08/2017 at 04:30AM

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04/13/2017 at 12:34PM

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#766 - Will Clardy / @quexxon

04/14/2017 at 08:46PM

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04/16/2017 at 10:07AM

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#768 - Tom BP / @ThosBP

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04/25/2017 at 04:05PM

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04/26/2017 at 11:47PM

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04/27/2017 at 10:13AM

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#775 - Chris Robertson / @chrisxrobertson

04/30/2017 at 01:50PM

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05/02/2017 at 01:25PM

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#778 - Arnie Palmies / @ArnieViPalmies

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#779 - Clement Keirua / @clemkeirua

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#780 - Swan Benoit / @Rwangum

05/11/2017 at 05:20AM