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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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3970 active golfers, 12969 entries

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#1621 - George Rabanca / @grabanca

10/15/2017 at 06:37PM

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#1622 - Bictorem Bictorem / @bictorem

10/18/2017 at 08:26AM

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#1623 - しぇぱっち / @shepabashi

10/21/2017 at 01:27PM

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#1624 - Florian Kluck / @KluckF

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#1625 - Vim Golf / @golf_vim

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#1626 - BouboulouVimGolf / @BouboulouVG

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#1627 - えるざっぷ / @_elzup_

11/01/2017 at 11:49PM

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#1628 - ryuugekisya / @ryuugekisya

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#1629 - Danilo Đokić / @DaniloOkic

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#1630 - Kim Hwa Joong / @hanmwoi

11/21/2017 at 12:35PM

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#1631 - test / @_test_acc_

11/23/2017 at 09:58AM

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#1632 - BareTull / @BareTull3

11/26/2017 at 02:11AM

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#1633 - Bart Kleijngeld / @BartKleijngeld

11/28/2017 at 09:58PM

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#1634 - Paul Sonkoly / @Phaul

12/09/2017 at 11:26AM

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#1635 - Mark Brouwers / @fryght

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#1636 - 小山内まい / @osanamity

12/23/2017 at 06:46PM

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#1637 - deepak / @utopianmonk

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#1640 - xyz / @menhej

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#1642 - Veljko Dimic / @v2dimic

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#1643 - Channing Chen / @jslgycm

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#1644 - David Pimentel / @daveypimentel

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04/05/2018 at 09:59PM

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#1648 - Михаил Фуфин / @MishaFufin

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#1649 - DHM / @DHM29978992

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#1650 - Felipe Jacob / @FfJacob

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