From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: sorting and merging files Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:50:10 +0100 Message-ID: References: <7bef1f890902122009g379ebe9et5d936ff51f5a8d10@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXtkY-0001Jz-De for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:50:18 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXtkW-0001JZ-PB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:50:17 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49831 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXtkW-0001JW-Gp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:50:16 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f208.google.com ([209.85.218.208]:47932) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXtkW-0002oB-1V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:50:16 -0500 Received: by bwz4 with SMTP id 4so2121712bwz.18 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:50:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890902122009g379ebe9et5d936ff51f5a8d10@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist On Feb 13, 2009, at 5:09 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote: > I've gotten into a bit of a bind on sorting. A little explanation: > > I've been working at keeping the ~/org directory of three machines > syncronized through a master repo on a USB flash drive. I've made a > bit of progress, and for simple updates, it is basically working. I > still don't grok merging conflicts. I've finally ended up with a > file with duplicates of entries, so I thought of concatenating > files, then sorting these entries. Each entry has a date (made from > a remember template), so sorting by date makes sense. > > Ideally, one should be able to do this, and then sort with C-u C-u C- > c^. I've tried this several times, and gotten bitten almost every > time. I guess the dates can only be sorted as text. And duplicates > are not removed. I read the manual, but little help was gotten there. > > What do I need to know to make sorting work, and what I might be > doing wrong? You need to make an example files to demonstrate what exactly goes wrong. - Carsten