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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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3969 active golfers, 12967 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):
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#3961 - James Pickard / @jickles

01/28/2014 at 07:24PM

76
#3962 - Fionnán Alt / @FionnanAlt

12/12/2018 at 03:01PM

81
#3963 - bo-yu huang / @good5dog5

11/11/2014 at 08:18AM

90
#3964 - mathac / @mathacgolf

05/04/2014 at 08:39AM

92
#3965 - modestas / @modstan

05/20/2013 at 05:45PM

92
#3966 - olopost / @olopost

08/19/2014 at 07:58PM

105
#3967 - Nelson Guerrero / @gnoslen

04/18/2014 at 12:22PM

109
#3968 - _xavo / @__xavo

03/01/2016 at 02:46AM

155
#3969 - velina v veleva / @vveleva

04/23/2015 at 04:55PM