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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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#1921 - Brian Besmanoff / @BrianBesmanoff

07/29/2013 at 10:50PM

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#1922 - cameron / @cameronaustgen

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#1929 - Rishi Chopra / @chopra

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#1930 - James Zaghini / @jameszaghini

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#1932 - JP Lew / @jp_lew

08/11/2013 at 03:27PM

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#1933 - Bart of Denver / @bartofdenver

08/12/2013 at 03:58AM

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#1934 - Bartlomiej P / @bartlomiej_p

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#1937 - Andrew / @vimGolfAndrew

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#1938 - Michael Coles / @gen_ale_drinker

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#1946 - Colin Sheaff / @selfsimilar

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#1947 - Elias Dorneles / @eliasdorneles

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#1948 - James / @Dronak

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