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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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#181 - J / @planck0

11/25/2013 at 05:17PM

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#182 - Casper Christensen / @Casper__C

11/26/2013 at 02:24PM

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#183 - Sandeep Dhavale / @sandeep_dhavale

11/27/2013 at 03:44AM

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#184 - Akshay Hegde / @ajh_17

11/29/2013 at 07:12AM

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#185 - Piotr G. / @gbdlin

12/03/2013 at 08:35PM

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#186 - Zifei Tong / @chevalun

12/05/2013 at 03:00PM

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#187 - Mark Smullen / @Net_Creator

12/06/2013 at 03:32AM

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#188 - Kent Frazier / @mindredefined

12/07/2013 at 03:04AM

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#189 - Bill Gates / @BillGat80055899

12/07/2013 at 10:59AM

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#190 - digitalronin / @digitalronin

12/07/2013 at 02:00PM

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#191 - R. Alex / @Ralex1098

12/08/2013 at 08:46PM

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#192 - adi li / @guessimtoolate

12/09/2013 at 01:08PM

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#193 - Tim Smart / @tim_smart

12/09/2013 at 09:41PM

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#194 - Preston Cabe / @PrestonCabe

12/09/2013 at 09:48PM

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#195 - ichnom / @ichnom

12/10/2013 at 07:30PM

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#196 - Vernon Grimshaw / @Vernon_Grimshaw

12/12/2013 at 11:04AM

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#197 - ynwsoft / @ynwsoft

12/12/2013 at 01:06PM

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#198 - Joakim L. Engeset / @joakim_eng

12/12/2013 at 02:22PM

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#199 - Ivan Brennan / @ivanbrennan

12/13/2013 at 08:43PM

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#200 - Sam Lau / @samlau95

12/14/2013 at 11:05AM

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#201 - Taro Yamada / @t_yamada8karad

12/15/2013 at 05:58AM

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#202 - Augustin Trancart / @autra42

12/16/2013 at 05:26PM

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#203 - Jason Miller / @Aidenn0

12/17/2013 at 12:27AM

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#204 - Joseph Ku / @josephku

12/17/2013 at 10:39AM

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#205 - Andrew O'Neill / @AndroidOatmeal

12/17/2013 at 03:43PM

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#206 - Paul Liu / @automorphism

12/17/2013 at 05:06PM

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#207 - Nathaniel Hoag / @n8nl

12/18/2013 at 01:28AM

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#208 - Jacob Niehus / @wilywampa

12/18/2013 at 05:01AM

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#209 - Christian Welle / @welle_tw

12/18/2013 at 11:00PM

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#210 - Adam Bell / @adamgbell

12/20/2013 at 02:31AM