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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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3991 active golfers, 13054 entries

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#1381 - Chase Lambert / @chasediscs

06/15/2014 at 10:24PM

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#1382 - Edric Garran / @edric_garran

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#1410 - Michael Wang / @micwang6

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