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Create 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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< | 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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06/06/2012 at 09:07AM