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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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#31 - Al / @96258

06/06/2013 at 03:48AM

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#32 - Shoop Da Whoop / @ShoopDaWhoop8

06/06/2013 at 08:02PM

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#33 - jk / @kewnapse

06/07/2013 at 11:30PM

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#34 - Sebastian Kusnier / @skusnier

06/26/2013 at 12:43PM

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#35 - James Davis / @tripvg

06/26/2013 at 08:49PM

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#36 - Łukasz Bujakowski / @eggxtreme

06/27/2013 at 11:30AM

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#37 - Steve Tjoa / @stevetjoa

07/02/2013 at 07:54AM

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#38 - powertomato / @powertomato

07/03/2013 at 11:17PM

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#39 - Norm Fasey / @DeathRay1977

07/04/2013 at 11:29PM

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#40 - Thiago Alves / @townk

07/05/2013 at 06:18AM

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#41 - T / @tea_sea

07/05/2013 at 01:32PM

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#42 - Andrew Noyes / @seyonwerdna

07/06/2013 at 07:46AM

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#43 - Teflon Ted t(◕‿◕t) / @teflonted

07/07/2013 at 12:02AM

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#44 - Volodymyr / @vkrest

07/07/2013 at 08:07PM

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#45 - tek / @nebelwand

07/08/2013 at 02:00AM

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#46 - arminas / @arminas

07/10/2013 at 09:35AM

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#47 - cook / @mattcook08

07/11/2013 at 03:50PM

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#48 - William Snyders / @iam2391212

07/12/2013 at 11:25PM

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#49 - Ed Zukowski / @dataoverflow

07/13/2013 at 01:48PM

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#50 - J Botsby / @j_botsby

07/17/2013 at 08:31AM

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#51 - Shane Delmore / @ShaneDelmore

07/19/2013 at 03:57AM

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#52 - ———đίxίє—flαтlίиє——— / @_dixie_flatline

07/19/2013 at 06:44PM

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#53 - William / @wlmeng11

07/28/2013 at 04:46AM

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#54 - Peter Lustig / @LustigPeter42

07/29/2013 at 07:34PM

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#55 - Kevin McGladdery / @run_kmc

07/31/2013 at 05:54AM

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#56 - Armand Halbert / @armandhalbert

08/01/2013 at 10:25PM

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#57 - Jeff Klein / @ravioli_jazz

08/02/2013 at 07:39AM

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#58 - Tallak Tveide / @tallakt

08/03/2013 at 04:55PM

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#59 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

08/06/2013 at 03:54PM

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#60 - Charlene Tshos / @charlymul

08/08/2013 at 04:26PM