VimGolfCreate a pandoc compatible table
In [this vimcast][1], a featured gist from Tim Pope shows how to quickly make a simple table structure. How fast can you convert it to pandoc's markdown style? [1]: http://vimcasts.org/episodes/aligning-text-with-tabular-vim/
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| This | Is | A Table | Example | | I'm | going | to | fill | | it | with | random | information | | just | to | save | me | | time. | In | the | spirit | | of | vim | I | am | | quite | often | extremely | lazy. |
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This Is A Table Example ----- ----- --------- ----------- I'm going to fill it with random information just to save me time. In the spirit of vim I am quite often extremely lazy.
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1,7c1,8 < | This | Is | A Table | Example | < | I'm | going | to | fill | < | it | with | random | information | < | just | to | save | me | < | time. | In | the | spirit | < | of | vim | I | am | < | quite | often | extremely | lazy. | --- > This Is A Table Example > ----- ----- --------- ----------- > I'm going to fill > it with random information > just to save me > time. In the spirit > of vim I am > quite often extremely lazy.
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#33 Oliver Mader / @dotb52 - Score: 64 - 07/17/12 @ 00:33
:%s/^| \||\|\s\+|$//g<CR>1Go----- ----- --------- -----------<Esc>ZZ
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#34 mnx / @mnxx - Score: 65 - 06/05/12 @ 15:05
YpV:s/[^|]/-/g<CR>k<C-V>Gx.w.ww.www.ww..w5lR <Esc>6lR <Esc>9llR <Esc>:%s/ *$<CR>.uZZ
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#35 ise0615 / @ise0615 - Score: 69 - 06/14/12 @ 22:28
<C-V>Gld:%s/|//g<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><C-H> *$<CR>ggjko<Tab><C-H>----- ----- --------- -----------<Esc>ZZ
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#36 Mikael Engström / @mikaelengstrom - Score: 74 - 06/05/12 @ 07:07
:%s/\s*.$/<CR>d<C-V>2go:3t<CR>:3t.<CR>Vr-kt|<C-V>7jllr u<C-V>Gf|lc <Esc>;.;.uuut|jkt|t|jkt|.;.;.ZZ
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#37 Jason Felice / @eraserhd - Score: 76 - 06/19/12 @ 16:05
:a<CR>----- ----- --------- -----------<CR>.<CR>:%s/| //<CR>:%s/| / /g<CR>:%s/ *|//<CR>:wq<CR>
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#38 Jan Wedekind / @wedesoft - Score: 81 - 07/13/12 @ 11:59
:%<Esc><Esc>yyp:.s/[^|]/ /<BS><BS>-/g<CR>:.s/|-/| /g<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><BS><Left> <Left><Left><BS><Left>-<CR>:%s/|//g<CR>:%s/^ //<CR>:%s/ *$//<CR>:wq<CR>
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#39 tea_sea / @tea_sea - Score: 81 - 10/09/12 @ 16:56
:%s/|//g<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><BS>^\s*<CR>:<Up><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><Left><BS><Right><Right><Right>$<CR>:<CR>jggo<Esc>11i-<Esc>0i <Esc>05<BS>0j9i-<Esc>0i <Left><Left><Esc>5i-<Esc>0.a <Esc>:wq<CR>
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#40 Angela Harms / @angelaharms - Score: 84 - 06/19/12 @ 16:08
:%s/|//g<BS>g<CR>:%/<BS>s/^ //h<BS><CR>:%s/\s\+$/<CR>:1a<CR>:<BS>----- ----- --------- -----------<CR>.<CR>:wq<CR>
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