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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

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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#2671 - Simon / @0xa5a5

04/02/2016 at 10:34AM

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#2672 - Adam Collins / @adc613

04/26/2016 at 11:24PM

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#2673 - Tom / @CronutFacts

05/13/2016 at 01:46AM

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#2674 - niels aamloos / @AamloosNiels

05/28/2016 at 03:37PM

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#2675 - Banos / @deep_spoon

07/03/2016 at 01:05PM

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#2676 - Amory Schlender / @schlamory

07/08/2016 at 06:08AM

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#2677 - Sp3000 / @sp3katron

08/23/2016 at 09:27AM

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#2678 - 이선협 / @kciter

09/01/2016 at 06:44AM

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#2679 - Rizart Dokollari / @rdokollari

09/19/2016 at 12:53PM

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#2680 - travv0 / @travv0

10/03/2016 at 02:39PM

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#2681 - claytron / @claytron

10/05/2016 at 01:53PM

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#2682 - TweetDreams / @TweetMusicians

10/08/2016 at 09:58AM

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#2683 - Дмитрий Кремез / @dima_kremez

10/23/2016 at 09:14PM

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#2684 - cohost.org/quiggy / @quiggy

10/26/2016 at 06:30PM

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#2685 - Chris Cummings / @mistahcummings

10/31/2016 at 12:22AM

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#2686 - Juancho JuAnCh0 / @JuAnCh0p

11/08/2016 at 12:38PM

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#2687 - Michał Dytko / @DytkoM

12/19/2016 at 08:00AM

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#2688 - Chris Hughes / @ChristofHughes

01/17/2017 at 03:07PM

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#2689 - ZW / @ZW73226885

01/23/2017 at 10:37PM

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#2690 - Matt Walsh / @wattmalsh

02/02/2017 at 10:22PM

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#2691 - Dan Prince / @danj_prince

02/25/2017 at 12:37AM

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#2692 - Cheer / @yougec

02/27/2017 at 09:24AM

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#2693 - Ilya Shakirov / @aelaau

03/20/2017 at 08:27AM

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#2694 - Kevin K / @okkays

04/17/2017 at 08:28PM

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#2695 - Pekka / @avainasiakas

04/22/2017 at 08:04PM

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#2696 - kkh / @kkhdlut

06/08/2017 at 02:56PM

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#2697 - dadav 🥀 / @__dadav__

08/15/2017 at 03:59PM

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#2698 - billy montgomery / @billymont

10/04/2017 at 08:07AM

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#2699 - sehe / @sehetw

10/10/2017 at 01:32PM

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#2700 - Thai Pangsakulyanont / @dtinth

10/29/2017 at 07:15PM