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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

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1381 - Ando Jun / @anjun345

07/17/2014 at 12:05PM

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#1382 - Dmitry Teslenko / @krab_mozga

07/18/2014 at 11:48AM

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#1383 - Leon Moll / @MeonLoll

07/21/2014 at 02:44PM

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#1384 - Mark / @mowen01

07/28/2014 at 05:41AM

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#1385 - Slartibartfast / @S_Bartfast

07/28/2014 at 09:32AM

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#1386 - Ryan / @murftown

07/29/2014 at 11:25PM

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#1387 - madka / @lachrimae_pavan

08/03/2014 at 11:07AM

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#1388 - Tonga / @ktonga

08/07/2014 at 09:06PM

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#1389 - Dash / @DashJungle

08/09/2014 at 11:07PM

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#1390 - Seth Rader / @f4uLT

08/12/2014 at 09:37PM

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#1391 - Michael Stein / @4NickelSoftware

08/12/2014 at 11:32PM

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#1392 - Pepe / @GomTvIneluki

08/14/2014 at 11:14PM

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#1393 - Phil Runninger / @PhilRunninger

08/15/2014 at 01:25PM

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#1394 - booom / @ateukme

08/17/2014 at 10:03PM

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#1395 - Johan Helsing / @jkhelsing

08/23/2014 at 02:23PM

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#1396 - Alan Kessler / @alankesslr

08/27/2014 at 04:58PM

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#1397 - Weijun He / @hewjun

08/31/2014 at 01:42AM

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#1398 - Mundi / @MarcusMundi

09/14/2014 at 03:52PM

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#1399 - Michael Wang / @micwang6

09/14/2014 at 07:37PM

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#1400 - Bob Davison / @bobd91

09/23/2014 at 06:46PM

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#1401 - Jakob / @jajob

09/27/2014 at 12:43PM

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#1402 - Viktor Lindström / @ViktorLindstr_m

09/30/2014 at 09:02PM

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#1403 - Patrick Mitchell / @jpmitche11

10/10/2014 at 01:51AM

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10/13/2014 at 09:54PM

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10/15/2014 at 02:57PM

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10/20/2014 at 08:13PM

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#1407 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

10/27/2014 at 01:35PM

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#1408 - Matt / @mcr05

10/29/2014 at 07:23AM

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#1409 - rockspider / @rockspider

11/04/2014 at 03:44PM

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#1410 - Davit Samvelyan / @DavitSamvelyan

11/13/2014 at 12:04PM