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Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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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

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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3971 active golfers, 12975 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#2191 - David Wright / @David27Wright

01/08/2015 at 04:33PM

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#2192 - Paul / @paxlzi

01/10/2015 at 07:37PM

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#2193 - Bruno Arueira / @bruno_arueira

01/14/2015 at 01:02AM

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#2194 - Antonio Murdaca / @runc0m

01/17/2015 at 03:34PM

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#2195 - Milan Burmaja / @burmajam

01/19/2015 at 04:05PM

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#2196 - Ilari Mäkelä / @ilarimkel

01/19/2015 at 05:55PM

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#2197 - Иоаннъ / @Vaneskot

01/20/2015 at 04:21PM

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#2198 - air wick / @airwickc

01/23/2015 at 12:03AM

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#2199 - Gurminder Sunner / @g_sunner

01/24/2015 at 02:09PM

16

#2200 - SilentFl / @Silent_Fl

01/26/2015 at 06:58PM

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#2201 - quasineutral / @quasineutral

01/28/2015 at 04:59PM

16

#2202 - Will Nicht / @kein_name_fuer

01/31/2015 at 03:15PM

16

#2203 - Larry Battle / @LarryBattle

02/01/2015 at 06:11AM

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#2204 - Matt Kula / @matt_kula

02/04/2015 at 01:11AM

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#2205 - Jeremie / @jermoer

02/06/2015 at 04:23AM

16

#2206 - xieyh11 / @xieyh11

02/13/2015 at 03:43AM

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#2207 - Ben Door U. / @bendooru

02/13/2015 at 09:28PM

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#2208 - Thomas Brisbout / @le_briz

02/17/2015 at 02:46PM

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#2209 - Dmitry Zudochkin / @zudochkin

02/17/2015 at 07:59PM

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#2210 - Дед Цуфершенкин 🔞 / @mr_felixoid

02/19/2015 at 10:02AM

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#2211 - Javier Carpio / @SaxKazein

02/26/2015 at 01:55AM

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#2212 - Gleb Posobin / @mr_passick

02/28/2015 at 04:45PM

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#2213 - Gideon VanRiette / @gidjv

03/04/2015 at 03:38AM

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#2214 - stb tra / @stbtra

03/04/2015 at 09:23AM

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#2215 - TheProgrammer971 / @tp971

03/13/2015 at 09:54PM

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#2216 - Oleg Alfalfa / @6alfalfa9

03/19/2015 at 01:57PM

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#2217 - chrisheithoff / @chrisheithoff

03/20/2015 at 03:41AM

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#2218 - Travis Barber / @tbarber350

03/23/2015 at 01:46AM

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#2219 - Rafael Câmera Santos / @rafaelcamera

03/23/2015 at 07:51PM

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#2220 - Wei Liu / @iliuw

03/23/2015 at 10:02PM