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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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#421 - Alexey Permyakov / @aplexey

07/26/2014 at 02:12PM

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#422 - Martin Toma / @MartinToma

07/26/2014 at 03:02PM

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#423 - Alan Sherman / @InfoLeak117

07/30/2014 at 06:51PM

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#424 - Joakim Hansen / @gnofs

07/31/2014 at 01:12AM

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#425 - Jeremy Ruten / @yjerem

08/03/2014 at 07:15PM

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#426 - PLS / @jaegd

08/06/2014 at 06:05AM

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#427 - Phil Dubach / @fuiru

08/14/2014 at 03:54AM

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#428 - Tomasz / @peper02

08/17/2014 at 11:17AM

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#429 - Mike Rayner / @mikesfake

08/23/2014 at 03:49PM

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#430 - Vim Golfer / @golfing_vim

08/23/2014 at 07:03PM

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#431 - ninjay / @ninjaygolf

08/25/2014 at 10:56PM

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#432 - April Gentle / @chen327684096

08/26/2014 at 10:08AM

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#433 - Bill Booth / @ohiopyle

08/27/2014 at 12:26AM

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#434 - aaron whitehead / @bigmacstorm

08/29/2014 at 05:42AM

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#435 - brandon salmon / @Exiledz

08/29/2014 at 06:02AM

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#436 - Daniel Beck / @daniel_beck_il

08/29/2014 at 11:29PM

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#437 - Johan Linder / @imLinder

08/31/2014 at 02:48PM

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#438 - @hauleth@hauleth.dev / @hauleth

09/03/2014 at 07:30AM

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#439 - John Smith / @literacyisgood

09/05/2014 at 05:45AM

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#440 - Octavian Tuchila / @OctavianTu

09/07/2014 at 06:50PM

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#441 - Aaron Fresh / @AaronFresh7

09/12/2014 at 11:17PM

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#442 - Giovanni Garufi / @garufi_giovanni

09/13/2014 at 10:18PM

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#443 - Johannes H. / @neVexa

09/19/2014 at 09:36PM

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#444 - Kai Yuan / @kentyuan

09/20/2014 at 10:58PM

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#445 - iershov / @thorny_hamster

09/26/2014 at 02:59PM

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#446 - Gromina / @Gromina

10/02/2014 at 10:39AM

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#447 - Pierre Stévens / @pierre_stv

10/05/2014 at 06:27PM

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#448 - Daniel Burnett / @mango_cheetah

10/10/2014 at 12:26AM

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#449 - Daniel Pham / @dany_pham

10/13/2014 at 08:58PM

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#450 - aborilov / @aborilov

10/15/2014 at 06:33AM