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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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3971 active golfers, 12975 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#2161 - Eric Kever / @codeoverlode

09/29/2014 at 10:25PM

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#2162 - JForstreuter / @JForstr

10/06/2014 at 01:00PM

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#2163 - Jose Gutierrez / @Jogusa

10/07/2014 at 09:31PM

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#2164 - Violette Vanadium / @ViolettVanadium

10/08/2014 at 05:58AM

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#2165 - Eduardo / @earada

10/09/2014 at 10:55AM

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#2166 - Narek / @NarekCat

10/10/2014 at 06:32PM

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#2167 - Vallaa / @2qq3KpoVpQ7xxDK

10/14/2014 at 09:45PM

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#2168 - MiningMarsh / @MiningMarsh

10/15/2014 at 06:35PM

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#2169 - jptomoya / @_jptomoya

10/17/2014 at 12:44PM

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#2170 - David / @daywiss

10/23/2014 at 03:17PM

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#2171 - Mauro Persano / @fzort

11/15/2014 at 02:55PM

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#2172 - John Smith / @temp_soraismus

11/18/2014 at 02:41AM

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#2173 - Jan Novak / @odpadnimail

11/18/2014 at 11:36PM

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#2174 - Tiago Royer / @royertiago

11/20/2014 at 02:32AM

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#2175 - Josu Oyanguren / @josuoyanguren

11/21/2014 at 03:21PM

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#2176 - tacke / @tacke_jp

11/21/2014 at 04:45PM

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#2177 - Shanky Surana / @shankysurana

11/27/2014 at 05:40AM

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#2178 - aaron sullivan / @aaronsull

11/27/2014 at 08:21PM

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#2179 - Yoav Weiss / @yoavweiss

12/03/2014 at 06:01AM

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#2180 - Rao Zvorovski / @RaoZvorovski

12/05/2014 at 11:04AM

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#2181 - benekeusz / @benekeusz

12/10/2014 at 03:24AM

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#2182 - Kuba Borowski / @prajmus

12/10/2014 at 02:52PM

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#2183 - Daniel Rødskog / @daniero

12/10/2014 at 09:49PM

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#2184 - Steve Alison / @Steve_Alison

12/12/2014 at 11:26PM

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#2185 - kobby / @_kafdot_

12/13/2014 at 12:42AM

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#2186 - Robertus / @Chachinder

12/16/2014 at 12:04PM

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#2187 - 1upまむ9 / @mamunine

12/16/2014 at 02:55PM

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#2188 - r. / @rmarvie

12/26/2014 at 12:39PM

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#2189 - Tamás Torba / @torbatamas

12/30/2014 at 07:30PM

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#2190 - ゆきみ / @edp02

01/01/2015 at 08:56AM