Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
>> http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
>> everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
>> beginning of the first item.
>>
>
> If I highlight the region and press C-c ^, I get "Nothing to sort",
> but it does not insert a caret. It looks as if your Control-C is ignored
> somehow.
>
> Once you get the C-c issue straightened out, don't highlight the region:
> just place the cursor somewhere in the list and type C-c ^ and then
> select what kind of sorting you want from the menu in the echo area.
>
I did change over the keyboards, but have swapped back to my old
keyboard because the other keyboard didn't have any linux response
to 'F1' or 'S+F1', even after a reboot! This is what was shown in
the minibuffer when appropriate keys were pressed -

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
<M-XF86AudioMute> is undefined -- M+f1
<M-XF86AudioLowerVolume> is undefined -- M+f2
<M-XF86AudioRaiseVolume> is undefined -- M+f3
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Essentially the only viable, working, key in emacs on the 'F-key
row' was 'F5'!

So I'm now back on my old keyboard, and back to working as usual,
but still unable to sort any lists. 

Thanks
Sharon.
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