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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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#1741 - Crystal L / @Cartsly

07/13/2019 at 11:13PM

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#1742 - Neil Struthers / @struthersneil

07/16/2019 at 06:02PM

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#1746 - Bob Ren / @bobrenjc93

08/03/2019 at 08:42PM

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#1748 - André Reigoto / @AndreReigoto

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#1749 - Adam Hartz / @awareofnow

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#1750 - Marco💾 / @markomannux

08/25/2019 at 02:20PM

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09/21/2019 at 01:04AM

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09/24/2019 at 04:41PM

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09/26/2019 at 03:14PM

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#1754 - Matyáš Křišťan / @matyk9

09/27/2019 at 03:19PM

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09/27/2019 at 06:17PM

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10/01/2019 at 01:57AM

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#1757 - Kracejic / @kracejic

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#1761 - Jonathan Medwig / @jmedwig

10/21/2019 at 01:54PM

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#1763 - Gregory Furter / @gfurter

10/27/2019 at 09:56PM

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10/31/2019 at 03:26PM

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11/02/2019 at 11:35PM

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11/07/2019 at 06:13PM

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11/10/2019 at 01:04PM

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