Text editing challenge

[Fbot1]

I'm curious how people would simplify the structure of the attached text file with their favorite text editor and customization. Here's a very simple example with a very simple text editor (each line is a press):

Microsoft Notepad:


Ctrl H
(
(
)
)
Tab
(
)
Tab
Tab
Tab
Tab
Hold Enter till it stops

[Fbot1]

Wow, I guess no one really does use text editors any more. :?

[p_quarles]

I use text editors (Vim, Kate and SciTE) all the time. I just don't really understand your question.

[Fbot1]

I use text editors (Vim, Kate and SciTE) all the time. I just don't really understand your question.

How would you use your editor's features to simplify the text.

[red_Marvin]

Do you mean "How would you do to produce the file in the attachment?"?

[Fbot1]

Do you mean "How would you do to produce the file in the attachment?"?

No, how do you remove the redundancies.

[red_Marvin]

Well that depends on what is wiewed as redundant of course...

[Lux Perpetua]

In Emacs:

C-SPC
ESC
C-e
C-w
C-x
C-s

[Fbot1]

In Emacs:

C-SPC
ESC
C-e
C-w
C-x
C-s

](*,)

No!

[Fbot1]

Well that depends on what is wiewed as redundant of course...

Okay, like in the example (()) = ().

[n3tfury]

damn bots.

[Fbot1]

damn bots.

:(

[red_Marvin]

gedit (from memory)
ctrl+h
(())
tab
tab
()
alt+a
repeat

EDIT:
Hmmm, it seems to take an awful lot of time to complete this, either that or it has frozen...
If I'd knew this beforehand I'd probably write a script in python or something.
EDIT2:
Looking at the data amount now -of course I'd write a script!

[Fbot1]

gedit (from memory)
ctrl+h
(())
tab
tab
()
alt+a

You wouldn't go any farther?

[n3tfury]

:(

lol, was a joke. no harm, no foul.

[thisllub]

Vim
v$x
or dd

[red_Marvin]

You wouldn't go any farther?
I didn't see that it was nested at first, since it is, it would have to be repeated, but that kind of replacement is a task for an editor with more advanced search&replace functions, or as In my case, a python script.