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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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#481 - Maximiliano Padulo / @mpadulo

01/02/2015 at 10:37AM

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#482 - Alex Birdsall / @OilCanSamson

01/05/2015 at 01:17AM

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#483 - Hiroshi Kato / @kato1628

01/08/2015 at 12:50PM

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#484 - はやぶさ / @haya14busa

01/08/2015 at 07:46PM

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#485 - Zull Full / @Zullfull

01/09/2015 at 06:08PM

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#486 - Oli / @o_lalonde

01/11/2015 at 12:18PM

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#487 - Andrew / @akxlr

01/13/2015 at 10:22AM

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#488 - ZhangXiaochen / @zhang_xiaochen

01/13/2015 at 02:27PM

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#489 - Carlos A Henríquez Q / @lagunex

01/16/2015 at 12:45PM

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#490 - low_ghost / @low_ghost_clone

01/17/2015 at 05:39PM

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#491 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

01/19/2015 at 02:45AM

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#492 - Håken Lid / @haakenlid

01/19/2015 at 08:31AM

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#493 - Плеханов Дмитрий / @onemanstartup

01/19/2015 at 01:59PM

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#494 - Harm te Hennepe / @HrmtH

01/22/2015 at 04:07PM

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#495 - ben / @bpaqd

01/23/2015 at 04:38AM

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#496 - Adam Stankiewicz / @sheerun

01/25/2015 at 09:06PM

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#497 - ~Nicolas_Poulain / @nicolaspoulain

01/29/2015 at 09:42PM

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#498 - Loser Face / @heypetewhats

01/30/2015 at 01:59PM

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#499 - Nolic / @cNolic

01/30/2015 at 10:41PM

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#500 - Jérôme Salignon / @JeromeSalignon

02/01/2015 at 06:35PM

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#501 - Steven Lu / @stevenlu443

02/07/2015 at 05:02AM

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#502 - Константин / @xni

02/08/2015 at 05:08PM

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#503 - James Pringle / @mathbyjames

02/13/2015 at 07:40PM

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#504 - Naseem Al-Naji / @NaseemAlnaji

02/13/2015 at 10:27PM

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#505 - Jakub Kotowski / @jkbkot

02/15/2015 at 10:06PM

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#506 - Michael Giuffrida / @mgiuffrida

02/20/2015 at 06:03AM

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#507 - Alan Berndt / @bentglasstube

02/23/2015 at 05:18PM

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#508 - Felix / @DoubleFelix_

02/24/2015 at 11:21AM

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#509 - Arturo Volpe / @CochoVolpe

02/25/2015 at 02:27AM

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#510 - octotep / @octotep

02/25/2015 at 03:09AM