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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Little role switching.

Start file
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
End file
The quick lazy dog jumps over the brown fox.

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> The quick lazy dog jumps over the brown fox.

Solutions

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Created by: @daniel_beck_il

2138 active golfers, 7945 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):
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#1 - Urtica dioica / @udioica

08/01/2015 at 06:47PM

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#2 - Roman Zolotarev / @romanzolotarev

08/02/2015 at 01:38AM

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#3 - Mutter Mumble / @muttermumble

08/02/2015 at 08:21AM

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#4 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

08/02/2015 at 12:27PM

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#5 - Abdo Achkar / @Achkar

08/02/2015 at 02:38PM

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#6 - LCD 47 / @lcd047

08/02/2015 at 08:32PM

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#7 - Victor Haffreingue / @nobe_4

08/03/2015 at 08:51AM

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#8 - Gammelin Guillaume / @ggammelin

08/03/2015 at 09:57AM

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#9 - kungfuchad / @kungfuchad

08/03/2015 at 10:53AM

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#10 - John Braxler / @braxler

08/04/2015 at 02:14PM

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#11 - Maxim Prokopenko / @max1cp

08/04/2015 at 03:17PM

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#12 - Reef / @Sir_Reef

08/04/2015 at 06:38PM

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#13 - John Diamond / @jcdmnd

08/05/2015 at 10:35AM

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#14 - voglster / @voglster

08/05/2015 at 09:52PM

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#15 - Martin Delille / @martinodelilo

08/10/2015 at 04:25PM

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#16 - Veritas / @_VeritasL

08/12/2015 at 04:23PM

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#17 - Dave Neary / @nearyd

08/12/2015 at 10:12PM

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#18 - Alykhan Kanji / @alykhank

08/14/2015 at 04:17AM

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#19 - skrobul / @skrobul

08/15/2015 at 09:02PM

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#20 - Gafton Paul / @Paul9222

08/17/2015 at 02:21AM

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#21 - Dmitriy Borisenkov / @anorde

08/18/2015 at 05:02PM

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#22 - Stefan Countryman / @stcountryman

08/18/2015 at 09:34PM

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#23 - Paulo Romeira / @pauloromeira

08/21/2015 at 05:55AM

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#24 - LC / @leeren

08/21/2015 at 10:29PM

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#25 - I / @ForgetIt17

08/24/2015 at 11:55AM

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#26 - Dennis Burke / @ikirudennis

08/24/2015 at 02:49PM

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#27 - T A / @SirAviles

08/29/2015 at 01:59PM

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#28 - Sime Buljac / @sim_bul

08/31/2015 at 11:23AM

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#29 - SundaraRaman / @digital_carver

08/31/2015 at 01:25PM

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#30 - Aleksandr Block / @AleksandrBlock

08/31/2015 at 02:37PM