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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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#2251 - Seth Yoder / @McMire315

06/23/2015 at 05:12PM

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#2252 - Test Account / @TestAcct7777

06/26/2015 at 11:44AM

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#2253 - Cormac Relf / @cormacrelf

06/29/2015 at 03:57AM

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#2254 - Jan Wirth / @FranzSkuffka

06/29/2015 at 09:37AM

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#2255 - anonymous / @_nonymous

07/24/2015 at 12:32AM

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#2256 - luchs / @lluchs

07/24/2015 at 01:31PM

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#2257 - Jason Schulz / @uxcn_

07/25/2015 at 08:12AM

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#2258 - McKay Ward / @mckayward

07/26/2015 at 01:33AM

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#2259 - Matthew / @magee210

07/28/2015 at 12:24AM

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#2260 - Toni Dezman / @CesarekToni

07/28/2015 at 06:42PM

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#2261 - Jer Wilson / @superjercom

07/28/2015 at 09:32PM

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#2262 - Alexander Buntakov / @Buntakov

07/30/2015 at 10:23AM

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#2263 - randomizer user / @alsdkfhjlkadfha

08/04/2015 at 08:01AM

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#2264 - Zak Greant / @zakgreant

08/07/2015 at 07:19PM

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#2265 - Dave Neary / @nearyd

08/13/2015 at 01:23PM

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#2266 - Afonso Bordado / @afonsobordado

08/20/2015 at 10:50AM

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#2267 - alex / @alexAngle8

08/21/2015 at 10:02PM

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#2268 - Ryan / @eatsleephack_

08/27/2015 at 06:47PM

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08/28/2015 at 05:36AM

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08/28/2015 at 06:59PM

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09/05/2015 at 07:57PM

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#2272 - Igor Martynov / @snailbaron

09/07/2015 at 04:44PM

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09/14/2015 at 04:24PM

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#2274 - Markel Tuzinskiy / @markel_t

09/19/2015 at 01:07PM

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#2275 - Pete Sevander / @Sevanteri

09/19/2015 at 06:54PM

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#2277 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

09/29/2015 at 02:18PM

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#2279 - Formally Dallin / @FormallyDallin

10/12/2015 at 06:43PM

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#2280 - Mark Brody / @_markbrody

10/14/2015 at 09:08PM