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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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#2281 - Chuck Newport / @swap_chuck

10/14/2015 at 09:10PM

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#2282 - Bogumił Kamiński / @BogumilKaminski

10/25/2015 at 05:02PM

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#2283 - Árpád Krejczinger / @krarpi

11/02/2015 at 04:20PM

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#2284 - Puda / @Puda2sRachi

11/11/2015 at 03:13PM

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#2285 - territorialmale / @territorialmale

11/26/2015 at 12:20PM

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#2286 - Mendel Simon / @agentms11

12/07/2015 at 09:48PM

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#2287 - Sean Stout / @s183s657

12/09/2015 at 08:02AM

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#2288 - lorentrogers / @lorentrogers

12/10/2015 at 03:06AM

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#2289 - Paulo H Baumann / @PauloBaumann

12/14/2015 at 01:46AM

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#2290 - Paulo Romeira / @pauloromeira

12/21/2015 at 12:29AM

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#2291 - Andrii Maksai / @AMaksai

12/21/2015 at 11:06PM

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#2292 - Izabel Jelenić / @IzabelJelenic

12/22/2015 at 09:07AM

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#2293 - Bingyunx / @bingyunx

12/25/2015 at 11:30AM

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#2294 - Brian C Sparks / @briancsparks

12/28/2015 at 02:47PM

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#2295 - Jeff Chao / @angrammarpro

12/28/2015 at 08:16PM

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#2296 - Brian D. Goad / @bbbco

01/07/2016 at 04:24PM

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#2297 - amu uma / @amuumaamuuma

01/12/2016 at 05:15AM

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#2298 - Mathias / @wizhie

01/15/2016 at 09:42PM

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#2299 - Austin Wood / @indiesquidge

01/16/2016 at 04:39PM

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#2300 - Durga Swaroop Perla / @durgaswaroop

02/04/2016 at 12:27PM

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#2301 - Alpha Centauri B / @alphacentaurib

02/04/2016 at 06:15PM

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#2302 - Alex J. Ahraus / @fanaugen

02/08/2016 at 09:32PM

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#2303 - ben kavanagh / @bkava

02/18/2016 at 06:16AM

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#2304 - udreki / @udreki

02/20/2016 at 08:49AM

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#2305 - Jonas Sundberg / @J_Sund

02/23/2016 at 03:19PM

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#2306 - Antony Garand / @AntoGarand

02/24/2016 at 08:39PM

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#2307 - ɹǝsnɐɥsıʇnɹ uoɾ / @JonRutis

02/25/2016 at 03:16PM

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#2308 - Robert Mosher / @rcmosher

02/26/2016 at 02:18AM

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#2309 - leroy / @leroyalien

02/27/2016 at 06:27AM

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#2310 - Axel Forsman / @axelf41

03/02/2016 at 04:10PM