Hi Giovanni,

- substitute "," with \n
> - sort region
> - substitute \n with ","
>

1. I am new in org-mode and emacs. Can you please tell me what is "sort
region" and what are the key bindings ?
2. Is there a way by which I can replace all the ',' with '\n' and do the
reverse automatically ?

Thanks.


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*Sanjib Sikder
*Ph.D. Fellow
Chemical Engineering
IIT Bombay*

*



On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Sanjib Sikder <sanjibju2002@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Giovanni,
>
> You need to put the following lines into your .emacs to sort WORDS and
> LINES.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>
> ;;;Sort words
>  (defun sort-words (reverse beg end)
>       "Sort words in region alphabetically, in REVERSE if negative.
>     Prefixed with negative \\[universal-argument], sorts in reverse.
>     The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case
>     affects the sort order.
>     See `sort-regexp-fields'."
>       (interactive "*P\nr")
>       (sort-regexp-fields reverse "\\w+" "\\&" beg end))
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>
> Then to sort words like
>
> apple, mango, oranges, cat, elephant
>
> You need to do
>
> M-x sort-words
>
> To sort lines, similarly do
>
> M-x sort-lines
>
>
>
> -----------------------------
> *Sanjib Sikder
> *Ph.D. Fellow
> Chemical Engineering
> IIT Bombay*
>
> *
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Giovanni Ridolfi <
> giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it> wrote:
>
>> Da: Sanjib Sikder <sanjibju2002@gmail.com>
>>
>> Inviato: Luned́ 22 Ottobre 2012 13:27
>>
>>
>> > I know it is possible to sort words and sort lines alphabetically in
>> emacs org-mode
>>
>> Would you please be so kind to explain to me how?
>>
>> I have only:
>> org-sort-entries          M-x ... RET     Sort entries on a certain level
>> of an outline tree.
>> org-sort-list              M-x ... RET       Sort list items.
>> org-table-sort-lines                           <Sort lines in region> in
>> a table.
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to sort words like:
>>
>> banana fruit chees  apple
>>
>> or lines like
>>
>>
>> banana
>>
>> fruit
>> chees
>>
>> apple
>>
>>
>>
>> > but is it possible to sort phrases ?
>>
>> > Face the music, Fifteen minutes of fame, A beautiful mind.
>> > I want to sort it alphabetically like,
>> >  A beautiful mind, Face the music, Fifteen minutes of fame.
>>
>> In Emacs everything is possible.
>>
>> - substitute "," with \n
>> - sort region
>> - substitute \n with ","
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Giovanni
>>
>>
>