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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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3979 active golfers, 13005 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1951 - John Doe / @mjjabillo

09/11/2013 at 02:21PM

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#1952 - Andrew Crites / @ExplosionPills

09/11/2013 at 06:31PM

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#1953 - Alykhan Kanji / @alykhank

09/13/2013 at 06:09PM

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#1954 - Ben Buckley / @_benb

09/13/2013 at 08:38PM

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#1955 - atemeresclencare / @kfzhyzdj

09/13/2013 at 10:58PM

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#1956 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

09/15/2013 at 08:45PM

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#1957 - Bjorn / @bjorn_248

09/16/2013 at 07:20PM

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#1958 - Carlos / @lemonpan

09/19/2013 at 02:14AM

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#1959 - isayoldchap / @isayoldchap

09/20/2013 at 12:16AM

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#1960 - Lee Jackson / @morphemass

09/20/2013 at 10:52AM

16

#1961 - Steven Wiggins / @StevenWiggins

09/25/2013 at 07:14PM

16

#1962 - Ryan / @TPHRyan

09/26/2013 at 05:01AM

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#1963 - Joe Kramer / @cozmorado

09/26/2013 at 05:52AM

16

#1964 - Fedor Stepanov / @yasorrat

09/26/2013 at 10:38AM

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#1965 - Steven Weller / @suweller

09/26/2013 at 02:52PM

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#1966 - wabas / @_wjib_

09/27/2013 at 08:04AM

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#1967 - ☣Rob Mason☠ / @necr0mancer

09/27/2013 at 01:10PM

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#1968 - Killian Huyghe / @KillianHUYGHE

09/29/2013 at 12:21AM

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#1969 - Flugsio / @flugsio

09/29/2013 at 07:11AM

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#1970 - gmm2 / @gmm211

10/01/2013 at 02:23PM

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#1971 - Dan Oneata / @DanOneata

10/01/2013 at 09:49PM

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#1972 - NuM / @NuM314

10/02/2013 at 12:30AM

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#1973 - あなっちゃん / @anairetta

10/02/2013 at 01:34PM

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#1974 - Adam McLain / @adammclain

10/03/2013 at 04:47AM

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#1975 - Thameera Senanayaka / @thameera

10/04/2013 at 04:13AM

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#1976 - Thorsten Ball / @thorstenball

10/07/2013 at 04:49AM

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#1977 - Franz Huber / @bgmictf

10/11/2013 at 12:28PM

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#1978 - Joakim / @golfjoakim

10/12/2013 at 06:49AM

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#1979 - Dimiter Petrov / @crackofdusk

10/12/2013 at 05:10PM

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#1980 - Tyler / @tylerbindon

10/13/2013 at 05:42AM