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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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::%s/\(\a*\)/(&)/g<CR>ZZ<C-A><BS><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><BS><CR><CR>%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ/<Esc><Esc>u<Esc>/<BS>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<CR>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><CR><Esc>:w<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

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3969 active golfers, 12967 entries

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#1321 - Adrian Negreanu / @groleo

02/14/2014 at 12:07PM

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#1322 - Ben Blaxill / @BenBlaxill

02/15/2014 at 04:34AM

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02/16/2014 at 12:52AM

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#1324 - Pierre Laporte / @pingtimeout

02/16/2014 at 09:44AM

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#1325 - Kai Leddy / @FrogInABoxx

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#1326 - フミ ハシ / @fumi_hs

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#1327 - Ben Lambeth / @azy2_ben

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#1328 - 伊藤想 / @itoso_jp

02/23/2014 at 10:53AM

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#1329 - ney_lemke / @ney_lemke

02/24/2014 at 01:36AM

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#1331 - Jason Bruce / @jbrucenet

02/28/2014 at 06:58PM

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#1333 - Roman Reithmayer / @sharenz0

03/03/2014 at 08:35AM

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#1334 - Erim Secla / @Alcesmire

03/04/2014 at 04:49PM

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#1335 - Hannes Remahl / @hannesr

03/13/2014 at 02:04AM

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03/18/2014 at 01:53PM

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#1337 - G / @drdevil44

03/22/2014 at 07:34PM

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#1338 - Brandor / @Brandombot

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#1339 - Patrick Oscity / @der_padde

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#1343 - Amit Verma / @amitv12

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#1344 - David Goonja / @davidgoonja

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#1345 - Bob Zingerman / @BobZingerman

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#1348 - Jon Raphaelson / @lygaret

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#1349 - Shefaet / @shefaet

04/18/2014 at 11:56AM

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#1350 - george.li / @goblin_george

04/19/2014 at 01:04PM