From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Goaziou Subject: Re: Patch to implement sorting Org tables by IP address Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:07:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87bnn78apu.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> References: <87r3w4a326.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <87tx0z8vxw.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <42DDD6AD-8F6F-4F85-840B-4C3946AD3C55@mac.com> <87oar78ro1.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> <8C2CF3B2-399D-4944-8CE9-D486EA1A0985@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54110) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzuqI-0006oJ-3g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:07:24 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzuq7-0005LI-Vo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:07:14 -0500 Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([2001:4b98:c:538::198]:40057) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xzuq7-0005L7-PL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 17:07:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: <8C2CF3B2-399D-4944-8CE9-D486EA1A0985@mac.com> (Jon Snader's message of "Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:47:24 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jon Snader Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jon Snader writes: > The extraction function varies with the type of sort so it has to be > specified one way or the other. I don't think it needs to vary. As I suggested already, we can use cells contents (in the appropriate column) as trimmed strings. So, it could be built-in. Do you see any downside to it? Regards,