Dave Yost <[email protected]> sez: [...] >1. It is a common occurrence that when sorting, one needs to remove >duplicates. The unix sort command has had a -u option to do this for >at least 35 years. > >2. It is a common occurrence that when sorting, one wants numbers >(wherever they appear in the text) to sort in numeric order (a.k.a. >"natural order"). [...] > >BBEdit does not have these features, and BB refuses to implement them! >They brush off these suggestions saying that if anyone needs these >features when sorting, they should write a script.
I'm sorry but the above is incomplete on both points as well as the conclusion: 1. BBEdit provides the Process Duplicate Lines command, which one may chain with Sort Lines--or any other text processing action(s)--via a text factory (no scripting). 2. The "Numbers match by value" option in the Sort Lines sheet controls whether numbers sort as strings or by value. Regards, Patrick Woolsey == Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com> P.O. Box 1048, Bedford, MA 01730-1048 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
