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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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3977 active golfers, 12992 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1231 - Jason Davidson / @aka_lingy

08/24/2013 at 05:29PM

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#1232 - Barry Nichols / @Barry_Nichols

08/26/2013 at 07:43AM

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#1233 - Dan / @dan_winkler

08/26/2013 at 10:52AM

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#1234 - Tyler HT Cipriani / @tylercipriani

08/26/2013 at 10:38PM

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#1235 - Leif Bladt / @leifbladt

08/28/2013 at 08:53AM

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#1236 - Tony Han / @tony612_han

08/28/2013 at 02:53PM

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#1237 - Pablo Caro / @pcaro90

08/31/2013 at 08:06PM

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#1238 - Arturo Escaip / @arturoescaip

09/01/2013 at 09:44AM

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#1239 - Toto l'haricot / @nico_le_terribl

09/05/2013 at 02:34PM

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#1240 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

09/09/2013 at 10:50AM

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#1241 - Rafa Garcia / @fafa

09/11/2013 at 06:05PM

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#1242 - Trevor Powell / @DoomedBunnies

09/12/2013 at 06:37AM

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#1243 - Leonel Gasparrini / @jlgasparrini

09/17/2013 at 11:25PM

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#1244 - brett / @brettyukich

09/18/2013 at 09:31AM

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#1245 - r / @tricosahedron

09/20/2013 at 11:32PM

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#1246 - Sinclair Desaud / @sdesaud

09/25/2013 at 07:43PM

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#1247 - Ting / @Dsaztaz

09/27/2013 at 07:27AM

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#1248 - nona urbiz / @nospampleasemam

09/28/2013 at 07:44AM

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#1249 - hiding / @I_haveno_name

10/01/2013 at 11:38AM

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#1250 - Ignat Skoryh / @ignat

10/11/2013 at 12:04PM

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#1251 - Monroe Walker / @monroewlkr

10/17/2013 at 12:47AM

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#1252 - Robert Rosolek / @robertrosolek

10/18/2013 at 09:12AM

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#1253 - bunnies president / @bunnies4p

10/22/2013 at 01:18PM

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#1254 - Roger Bongers / @RogerBongers

10/23/2013 at 01:56AM

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#1255 - Marc Dix / @marcdix

10/23/2013 at 07:34PM

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#1256 - James O Smith / @josmith4242

10/23/2013 at 08:35PM

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#1257 - A. N. / @arez42

10/24/2013 at 05:33AM

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#1258 - John Boyd / @theboydvoid

10/25/2013 at 12:21AM

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#1259 - Jonas Granquist / @jonasgranquist

10/25/2013 at 03:25PM

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#1260 - Rohan Orton / @rohan_orton

10/26/2013 at 10:30PM