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Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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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

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#961 - severij / @severij_

03/05/2019 at 12:41AM

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#962 - vince / @vincentvangott

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03/21/2019 at 04:17PM

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04/21/2019 at 12:14PM

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#979 - Juan R Leon / @JuanRLeon1

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05/09/2019 at 08:07PM

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05/11/2019 at 06:00PM

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05/15/2019 at 04:15PM

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#987 - Daniel Hakimian / @danrafhak

05/15/2019 at 05:25PM

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#988 - gravestench / @noisevoid

05/16/2019 at 08:12PM

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#989 - tynanguerra / @tynanguerra

05/20/2019 at 04:10PM

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#990 - Nick Yeow / @nickyeow

05/21/2019 at 04:01PM