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inoremap <silent> <Bar>   <Bar><Esc>:call <SID>align()<CR>a

function! s:align()
  let p                      = '^\s*|\s.*\s|\s*$'
  let lineStartsWithPipe         = getline('.') =~# '^\s*|'
  let pipedContentOnPrevLine = getline(line('.')-1) =~# p
  let pipedContentOnNextLine = getline(line('.')+1) =~# p

  if exists(':Tabularize') && lineStartsWithPipe && (pipedContentOnPrevLine || pipedContentOnNextLine)
    " Getting the number of pipes that are on the line
    " (the column you are standing on)
    let column   = strlen(substitute(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'[^|]','','g'))
    " Get the length of the lastest word we are standing on
    let position = strlen(matchstr(getline('.')[0:col('.')],'.*|\s*\zs.*'))
    " What is the l1 for?
    Tabularize/|/l1
    " What happens when we don't make this a normal command?
    normal! 0
    " move the cursor to the column and position infered the first time
    " respecting new whitespaces
    call search(repeat('[^|]*|',column).'\s\{-\}'.repeat('.',position),'ce',line('.'))
  endif
endfunction