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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

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3979 active golfers, 13005 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#2491 - Philip Stephenson / @philip_iv

07/19/2019 at 09:13PM

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#2492 - Mike Hourahine / @mhourahine

08/01/2019 at 02:18AM

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#2493 - Ivo Blöchliger / @aigledesalpes

08/02/2019 at 07:27PM

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#2494 - Mr_Djez / @DjezMr

08/06/2019 at 05:34AM

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#2495 - Rob Pilling / @bobrippling

08/09/2019 at 02:37PM

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#2496 - Luiz Eduardo Amaral / @_luxedo

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#2498 - Simon Wilkinson / @simondwilkinson

08/24/2019 at 02:15PM

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#2499 - Masi Valkonen / @masivalkonen

08/27/2019 at 10:29PM

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#2500 - ゆに / @lededex

08/28/2019 at 04:33PM

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#2501 - Ariel Miculas / @ArielMiculas

09/18/2019 at 04:53PM

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09/27/2019 at 06:36PM

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#2503 - 0xNinja / @0x_Ninja

10/22/2019 at 03:02PM

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#2504 - Kevin Yokley / @kyokley19

11/03/2019 at 07:27PM

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#2505 - pysnow530 / @pysnow530

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12/01/2019 at 08:01AM

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#2507 - Coby Drexler / @CobyDrexler

01/09/2020 at 02:27AM

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#2510 - Rune Warhuus / @DinkDonkNorway

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#2511 - Daniel Amkær Sørensen / @AmkRensen

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#2512 - Emil / @emilklindt

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02/29/2020 at 04:52AM

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04/13/2020 at 10:38PM

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#2519 - Quentin Leroy / @qnleroy

05/08/2020 at 04:10PM

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06/01/2020 at 09:02AM