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+[submodule "ace-jump-mode"]
+	path = ace-jump-mode
+	url = https://github.com/winterTTr/ace-jump-mode.git
+[submodule "emacs-no-easy-keys"]
+	path = emacs-no-easy-keys
+	url = https://github.com/danamlund/emacs-no-easy-keys.git
+[submodule "multiple-cursors.el"]
+	path = multiple-cursors.el
+	url = https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el.git
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+Subproject commit 07b713792aec8cfb1bed7e1effaa9bf2b1cf3282
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+Subproject commit 90f44351c28a0d9c8206f60f0bef02ae9c0c9733
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+Subproject commit a3e6ec7c93c376f35c9add3ff8d155bdf2e079a4
diff --git a/wordnik-synonym.el b/wordnik-synonym.el
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+(require 'json)
+(require 'thingatpt)
+
+(setq wordnik-api-key "fa815fa92045b7fa23699014d0a01c081b3d9c3c761292bf3")
+
+(defun wordnik-get-syn-buffer-for-word (word)
+  (url-retrieve-synchronously (concat "http://api.wordnik.com//v4/word.json/" word "/relatedWords?relationshipTypes=synonym&limitPerRelationshipType=25&api_key=" wordnik-api-key)))
+
+(defun thesaurus-process-http-headers ()
+  "In the buffer created by `url-retrieve-synchronously',
+there are HTTP headers, and content. This fn removes the headers
+from the buffer, parsing the Content-Length header to verify that
+a substantive response was received.
+
+This implementation deletes each line until finding a blank line,
+which in correctly-formatted HTTP messages signals the end of the
+headers and the beginning of the message content.
+"
+  (let ((clength -1))
+    (while (/= (point) (line-end-position))
+      (when (and (< clength 0)
+               (re-search-forward "^[Cc]ontent-[Ll]ength ?: *\\(.*\\)$" (line-end-position) t))
+          (setq clength (string-to-number (match-string 1)))
+          (goto-char (line-beginning-position)))
+      (delete-region (point) (line-end-position))
+      (delete-char 1))
+    (delete-char 1)
+    clength))
+
+(defun wn/synonym-list (word)
+  "Look up synonyms for (word) on wordnik and return them as an array of strings"
+  (let ((buf (wordnik-get-syn-buffer-for-word word)))
+    (if buf
+	(progn
+	  (with-current-buffer buf
+	    (goto-char (point-min))
+	    (thesaurus-process-http-headers)
+	    (let ((json-object-type 'alist))
+	     (cdr (assoc 'words (elt (json-read-from-string (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) (line-end-position))) 0)))))))))
+
+(defun wn/synonym-at-point ()
+  (interactive)
+  (let ((word (word-at-point)))
+    (message "Synonyms for %s: %S" word (wn/synonym-list word))))
+
+(provide 'wordnik-synonym)
+