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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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#151 - Michael / @thatDeitch

10/31/2013 at 12:13AM

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#152 - Amir S / @_AmirS

11/01/2013 at 05:52PM

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#153 - CarlMartin Rosenberg / @cmrosenberg

11/02/2013 at 10:00PM

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#154 - Ben Nak / @BbB8nNn

11/03/2013 at 05:38PM

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#155 - Joseph J. Piché / @jjpiche

11/03/2013 at 06:07PM

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#156 - Ruy Diaz / @diazruy

11/04/2013 at 08:28PM

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#157 - Nathan Wallace / @nathanmwallace

11/04/2013 at 10:14PM

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#158 - Charles H. Leggett / @cleggett

11/05/2013 at 03:53AM

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#159 - Shawn Dumas / @shawndumas

11/05/2013 at 05:53AM

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#160 - 邱韵 / @griffinqiu

11/06/2013 at 04:13PM

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#161 - Stefan Schmidt / @stafue

11/08/2013 at 10:56PM

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#162 - BIHEL Damien / @bihel_d

11/09/2013 at 06:28PM

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#163 - Thomas Dressler / @Thomas4694

11/09/2013 at 11:11PM

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#164 - Jonathan Potter / @nTypeRed

11/11/2013 at 02:36AM

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#165 - M / @MaxlufsW

11/11/2013 at 11:59AM

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#166 - David Heath / @DavidHeath16

11/11/2013 at 10:32PM

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#167 - Matt Richards / @_tthew

11/11/2013 at 11:00PM

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#168 - Jonas Ren / @rz805

11/13/2013 at 06:34AM

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#169 - Allan Tokuda / @atokuda

11/14/2013 at 01:07AM

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#170 - Christian C. Salvadó / @cmsalvado

11/14/2013 at 06:26AM

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#171 - Alfred Singlestone / @ASinglestone

11/15/2013 at 06:34AM

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#172 - Steven Occhipinti / @steveocchipinti

11/15/2013 at 06:37AM

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#173 - kurban / @kurban_mall

11/15/2013 at 07:29AM

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#174 - Ilya Ermolin / @ermolinis

11/15/2013 at 02:11PM

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#175 - eWaves / @GiulioBortot

11/18/2013 at 05:02PM

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#176 - Daniel Marjenburgh / @dmarjenburgh

11/19/2013 at 09:14AM

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#177 - Cassiano Leal / @cassianoleal

11/21/2013 at 04:46PM

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#178 - Gonçalo Nogueira / @JGNog

11/21/2013 at 06:00PM

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#179 - Rob Findley / @Rob_Findley

11/22/2013 at 01:03AM

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#180 - Johan Kristiansson / @johankri

11/23/2013 at 02:17PM