sorting headers alphabetically in org-mode

[drain]

i.e., sort-lines for headers:

BEFORE

** Stallman
*** Passwords
*** New Form Of Mass Folly On Twitter
*** Why It Is Important Not To Have Children
*** Extending Years Of Dementia

AFTER

** Stallman
*** Extending Years of Dementia
*** New Form Of Mass Folly On Twitter
*** Passwords
*** Why It Is Important Not To Have Children

[Charles Philip Chan-2]

drain <[hidden email]> writes:

> i.e., sort-lines for headers:
>
> BEFORE
>
> ** Stallman
> *** Passwords
> *** New Form Of Mass Folly On Twitter
> *** Why It Is Important Not To Have Children
> *** Extending Years Of Dementia
>
> AFTER
>
> ** Stallman
> *** Extending Years of Dementia
> *** New Form Of Mass Folly On Twitter
> *** Passwords
> *** Why It Is Important Not To Have Children

C-c ^ which runs:

,----
| C-c ^ runs the command org-sort, which is an interactive compiled Lisp
| function in `org.el'.
|
| It is bound to C-c ^, <menu-bar> <Org> <Edit Structure> <Sort
| Region/Children>.
|
| (org-sort WITH-CASE)
|
| Call `org-sort-entries', `org-table-sort-lines' or `org-sort-list'.
| Optional argument WITH-CASE means sort case-sensitively.
`----

and choose "alpha.

Charles

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[drain]

The options that pop up are quite nice. More elaborate than sort-lines.

[Jambunathan K-3]

Does one of

    C-h a org sort RET

work?

> i.e., sort-lines for headers:
>
> BEFORE
>
> ** Stallman
> *** Passwords
> *** New Form Of Mass Folly On Twitter
> *** Why It Is Important Not To Have Children
> *** Extending Years Of Dementia
>
> AFTER
>
> ** Stallman
> *** Extending Years of Dementia
> *** New Form Of Mass Folly On Twitter
> *** Passwords
> *** Why It Is Important Not To Have Children
>
>
>
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>
>

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[drain]

Could you rephrase? I don't understand the question.

C-h a org-sort RET produces a list of functions that includes org-sort
among related others.

[suvayu ali]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 01:49:24PM -0800, drain wrote:
> Could you rephrase? I don't understand the question.
>
> C-h a org-sort RET produces a list of functions that includes org-sort
> among related others.
>

The list you see is a list of functions you could use to sort.
Jambunathan was just suggesting you could try them all and see which
suits you best.

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