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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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3977 active golfers, 12992 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#2041 - Quota / @Quotad

01/10/2014 at 12:57PM

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#2042 - Dan Mundy 4.0.0a / @exchgr

01/10/2014 at 03:20PM

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#2043 - sbeaumont / @sbeaumont

01/14/2014 at 10:11PM

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#2044 - eirc / @eirc

01/16/2014 at 03:41PM

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#2045 - Josh Shepard / @_kingsley

01/18/2014 at 05:34AM

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#2046 - _syseng_ / @_syseng_

01/20/2014 at 05:25PM

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#2047 - 𝙼𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘 / @mauodias

01/20/2014 at 11:52PM

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#2048 - Pedro B. Coronel / @pbcoronel

01/28/2014 at 01:57AM

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#2049 - Koen De Causmaecker / @KoenCaus

01/28/2014 at 07:30PM

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#2050 - João Paiva / @jgpaiva

01/28/2014 at 07:57PM

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#2051 - John Karlsson / @karlssonjohn

01/28/2014 at 09:18PM

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#2052 - Jérémy Autran / @jjautran

01/28/2014 at 09:39PM

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#2053 - JamesT / @jamestrinklein

01/29/2014 at 02:01AM

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#2054 - Chris Ciulla / @chris_ciulla

01/29/2014 at 02:54AM

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#2055 - rblakem / @rblakem

01/29/2014 at 03:20AM

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#2056 - TerribleTrioJoe / @terribletriojoe

01/29/2014 at 10:14PM

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#2057 - murmurs / @mrmrs_

01/29/2014 at 10:45PM

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#2058 - Ilya / @lessapathetic

01/30/2014 at 12:14AM

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#2059 - mattsalacain / @mattsalacain

01/30/2014 at 08:48PM

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#2060 - kli / @klidev

02/02/2014 at 05:58PM

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#2061 - Seán Kelleher / @eZanmoto

02/02/2014 at 11:38PM

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#2062 - Zack Ontiveros / @ZackOntiveros

02/03/2014 at 05:04AM

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#2063 - Nikolay Frantsev / @Shutnik

02/03/2014 at 10:27AM

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#2064 - Lance B / @HeyItsLanceB

02/03/2014 at 10:05PM

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#2065 - ▚▞▜▛▟▓▛▜░▙▟▒▋▌▊ / @null_radix

02/03/2014 at 11:15PM

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#2066 - Nico Gevers / @gevious_

02/04/2014 at 07:29AM

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#2067 - Kevin Thompson / @kevinthompson

02/05/2014 at 12:59AM

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#2068 - Trevor Green / @trumpi

02/05/2014 at 09:18PM

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#2069 - Kimel Doggy / @KimelDoggy

02/07/2014 at 11:50AM

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#2070 - Kevin Disneur / @kdisneur

02/10/2014 at 07:15PM