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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

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#2221 - Marek Wawrzos / @putisPenser

03/25/2015 at 08:59AM

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#2222 - Alexander Kazakov / @volandkot

03/26/2015 at 02:59PM

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#2232 - Tom van der Lee / @TomVdLee

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#2241 - Adrien Fabre / @statox42

06/04/2015 at 08:33PM

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06/05/2015 at 09:18PM

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06/14/2015 at 02:59PM

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06/18/2015 at 01:16PM

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06/19/2015 at 10:10AM

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#2250 - SP / @vimgolfer42

06/19/2015 at 09:53PM