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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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::%s/\(\a*\)/(&)/g<CR>ZZ<C-A><BS><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Right><BS><CR><CR>%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ/<Esc><Esc>u<Esc>/<BS>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<CR>:%s/\(\w*\)/(\1)/g<CR>ZZ<Left><Left><Right><Right><Right><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><BS><CR><Esc>:w<CR><Esc>:wq<CR>

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3971 active golfers, 12975 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#2701 - ΝΙΚΟΣ / @nikosef8ias

01/12/2018 at 03:10AM

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#2702 - slicklash / @slicklash

03/10/2018 at 08:44PM

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#2703 - Anonymous / @Anonymous31658

03/27/2018 at 03:39AM

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#2704 - teeheewa / @Heewa

03/27/2018 at 02:52PM

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#2705 - Skyler Soss / @Skyb0rg

03/28/2018 at 12:52AM

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#2706 - Matt Robinson / @mmrobins

03/28/2018 at 10:08PM

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#2707 - Matt Fister / @Mistah_Fistah

04/18/2018 at 04:49AM

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#2708 - Vladimir Volkov / @neitrin

05/02/2018 at 03:11PM

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#2709 - Kevin Durand / @kdthefakemvp

05/21/2018 at 01:46PM

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#2710 - Tom Ient / @tom_ient

05/24/2018 at 06:19PM

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#2711 - Jeff VanDyke / @jeffv_a216

07/10/2018 at 06:36PM

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#2712 - Владислав / @papa_gusserl

07/26/2018 at 08:02PM

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#2713 - Stefan Frid / @FridStefan

08/17/2018 at 08:25PM

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#2714 - daniel / @daniel31464605

08/22/2018 at 08:04PM

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#2715 - Frank Rifk / @r1fk

08/26/2018 at 04:50PM

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#2716 - masterpi / @masterpi16

09/22/2018 at 08:58PM

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#2717 - Drill / @DrillTroll

09/24/2018 at 10:17PM

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#2718 - foobarbazqux12345 / @foobarbazqux121

10/12/2018 at 05:18PM

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#2719 - vg / @vg53210350

10/28/2018 at 06:52PM

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#2720 - Tad McCorkle / @TAD897

11/09/2018 at 12:27AM

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#2721 - faisal / @faisalhackshah

11/25/2018 at 02:09AM

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#2722 - timonegk / @timonegk

11/26/2018 at 01:35PM

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#2723 - BaffaloP 🐃🎨 / @bbaffalopp

11/28/2018 at 07:57AM

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#2724 - Jasper Pangilinan / @JasperP

12/26/2018 at 05:18AM

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#2725 -  Martijn Engler / @MartijnEngler

12/30/2018 at 06:59PM

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#2726 - Steven Xie / @steven_s_xie

01/24/2019 at 11:49PM

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#2727 - amal / @cdsudama

02/02/2019 at 02:48PM

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#2728 - Amado Antonini / @AmadoAntonini

03/14/2019 at 12:31PM

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#2729 - hoge2341836 / @RootShunsuke

04/07/2019 at 04:41AM

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#2730 - JvdB01 / @JvdB001

05/07/2019 at 07:13PM