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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

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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3970 active golfers, 12969 entries

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#1651 - mdgill / @mdgill

05/03/2018 at 02:57PM

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#1652 - Wake Lankard / @wakelank

05/04/2018 at 12:56AM

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#1653 - Quade Morrison / @quade_morrison

05/07/2018 at 12:23AM

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#1654 - Eugene / @youjeannn

05/08/2018 at 05:29AM

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#1655 - Owen Loughran / @_ObeseAnorexic_

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#1656 - Jean-paul Barbier / @jpdobar

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#1657 - Jonathan Camilleri / @Too_Many_Taken

05/20/2018 at 01:38PM

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#1658 - Chien-Wei Sun / @chienweisun

05/21/2018 at 08:19PM

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#1659 - Cosmic Frog / @Cozmicfrog

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#1660 - Marchand Paul-Valère / @pvmarch

05/25/2018 at 07:42AM

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#1661 - c0llision / @sh3llcode

05/27/2018 at 01:18PM

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#1662 - omrisarig / @omrisarig

06/02/2018 at 07:33PM

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#1663 - Kris Ezra / @kris_ezra

06/12/2018 at 06:51PM

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#1664 - 中野 彰 / @M__tech

06/22/2018 at 08:20AM

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#1665 - fayard / @fayard43698270

06/22/2018 at 01:24PM

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#1666 - Tom ten Thij / @eco_coder

07/03/2018 at 08:52AM

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#1667 - Henry Woolenthorpe / @woolenthorpe

07/03/2018 at 11:33PM

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#1668 - 赤佐田奈葉 / @akasatanaha_

07/05/2018 at 05:01AM

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#1669 - Marco Meyer / @marcomeyerVFX

07/07/2018 at 10:20PM

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07/09/2018 at 09:45AM

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#1671 - theMagni / @The_theMagni

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#1672 - yqu212 / @yqu212

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#1673 - Rajesh Sharma / @deepredsky

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#1674 - Jack Magnus / @jadomag

08/04/2018 at 06:56PM

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08/07/2018 at 06:59PM

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08/11/2018 at 01:58PM

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#1677 - Lorenzo Leonini / @Leol_

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#1678 - James Houghton / @jamesthoughton

08/14/2018 at 10:30PM

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#1679 - Daichi / @daichi1014

08/16/2018 at 03:42AM

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#1680 - Тёма / @Timon_Surikat

08/19/2018 at 06:57PM