From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wanrong Lin Subject: Feature request: org-sort, alpha sans TODO keyword Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:55:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4891E08B.2090002@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOaVm-0006YA-3K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:56:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOaVi-0006Uo-B9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:56:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43556 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOaVi-0006Uk-2r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:56:14 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.227]:55638) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KOaVh-0002Mf-JN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:56:14 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h28so114452wxd.24 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:56:06 -0700 (PDT) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, I recently had the need to use org-sort, and found that sorting on alpha does not work as I expected, because the sorting works on the whole heading, including the TODO keywords. That may be useful, but I think probably in many occasions the alpha-sorting means "sorting on the headings without the TODO keywords". So I am suggesting this feature of "alpha-sorting sans TODO keywords". Thanks a lot for giving it a thought. Wanrong