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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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#1261 - Víctor Brigé / @vbrige

11/03/2013 at 09:02PM

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#1262 - Arthur叔 / @Arthurljg

11/05/2013 at 04:13AM

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11/05/2013 at 10:09AM

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#1264 - Sam Saffron / @samsaffron

11/08/2013 at 02:11AM

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11/08/2013 at 04:49AM

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11/15/2013 at 01:03PM

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11/15/2013 at 03:49PM

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#1269 - Alexey Mikka / @ILoGM

11/15/2013 at 03:49PM

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#1270 - JTeo / @JTeosw

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11/16/2013 at 08:47AM

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11/18/2013 at 07:24AM

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11/22/2013 at 01:28AM

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11/22/2013 at 07:34AM

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11/29/2013 at 12:37PM

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12/02/2013 at 08:00PM

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12/02/2013 at 08:04PM

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#1278 - Shannon Lee / @insomnie

12/05/2013 at 06:04PM

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#1279 - Gary Liddon / @gyratory

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#1283 - Anatoliy C. / @1602

12/13/2013 at 12:11PM

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12/14/2013 at 10:52PM

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#1285 - Russ Adams / @rustushki

12/21/2013 at 09:21PM

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12/21/2013 at 11:11PM

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#1287 - Bradford Powell / @dr_bpow

12/22/2013 at 02:59AM

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#1288 - Ali Moeeny MD PhD / @alimoeeny

12/29/2013 at 02:41AM

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#1289 - Renan Gemignani / @rgeminas

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01/06/2014 at 06:18AM