Thanks for the comparison. I took a few tips on Vim macros yesterday and shortened mine: qqdf"t(D+@qq@q qq opens a macro in register q df" deletes

Thanks for the comparison. I took a few tips on Vim macros yesterday and shortened mine: qqdf"t(D+@qq@q qq opens a macro in register q df" deletes through the first " t( jumps to the character before the next ( D deletes to end of line + jumps to the beginning of the next line @q recursively calls macro q q@q stops recording macro q, calls it once