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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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#2401 - Ron Alexssen / @Ralexhere

10/13/2017 at 10:44PM

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#2402 - Brian Hall / @_bruab_

10/16/2017 at 03:22PM

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#2403 - Kai Hübner / @knollenkopp

10/24/2017 at 07:00PM

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#2404 - Sam Coy / @samthecoy

10/25/2017 at 11:46AM

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#2405 - Armaan Shah / @armaani96

10/26/2017 at 02:07AM

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#2406 - MiloradKukic / @MiloradKukic

10/27/2017 at 07:23AM

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#2407 - Sébastien Canart / @kokotchY

10/28/2017 at 09:00AM

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#2408 - popo5colo / @popo5colo1

10/31/2017 at 07:12AM

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#2409 - Paul Bunch / @gigatesla

11/20/2017 at 09:37PM

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#2410 - QingyuZhao / @zhao_qingyu

11/21/2017 at 08:13AM

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#2411 - macmental / @macmental

11/26/2017 at 10:56PM

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#2412 - Emmanuel Fuentes / @manufuents

11/27/2017 at 02:27AM

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#2413 - Collin Smith / @CollinSmith1990

12/10/2017 at 12:38AM

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#2414 - Piotr Lewicki / @lewiatan11

12/11/2017 at 11:35AM

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#2415 - Михаил Сурин / @realssmike

12/16/2017 at 09:51PM

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#2416 - allinonemovie / @allinonemovie

12/17/2017 at 05:51PM

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#2417 - gink / @anagiwa

12/19/2017 at 10:23AM

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#2418 - Elias Åström / @ryvnfn

12/27/2017 at 12:20AM

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#2419 - Simon Cheng / @bambooraccoon

01/15/2018 at 04:18PM

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#2420 - つまっく。 / @tsumac1203

01/19/2018 at 09:43AM

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#2421 - Sebastian Wieland / @oktupol

01/19/2018 at 02:23PM

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#2422 - Jacob Tailor / @spydronex

01/25/2018 at 07:20PM

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#2423 - genoskill / @Genoskill

01/29/2018 at 03:36AM

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#2424 - 陈振宇 / @1243065115

01/31/2018 at 05:37PM

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#2425 - Rajeev Ranjan Jha / @rajeevcreatorjh

02/10/2018 at 05:51PM

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#2426 - Max Horn / @maexlich

03/02/2018 at 11:01PM

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#2427 - Lisa Ugray / @lisa_ugray

03/13/2018 at 03:57PM

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#2428 - Plósz Péter / @ploszpe

03/23/2018 at 09:56PM

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#2429 - matthew brett / @matthewbrett

03/25/2018 at 07:48AM

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#2430 - Marcos Almeida / @almeidamarcos_

04/08/2018 at 10:32PM