Basically I'm using JavaScript as the solution, and my impression is a 
reliable solution might take a while to develop.

For instance, the 2nd list you sent tripped up the original JS solution 
because it included keywords with spaces.
No big deal / easy enough to tweak, but kind of shows how one fix reveals 
underlying additional challenges.

So check this out: You might notice that the case-insensitive sorted list 
reveals a lot of duplicate keywords.
I imagine you'd want those removed, which in turn would involve preserving 
but not duplicating sub-keywords.

I'm not familiar with Photo Mechanic, but apparently it uses IPTC metadata. 
 I wonder if that means the keywords are embedded into the metadata on a 
per-photo basis.  The best solution would involve better understanding the 
underlying logic (along with the idiosyncratic quirks) of the software + 
knowing what you're trying to achieve (and how that might evolve).

Apologies for the not-so-concise answer here.  Asset management can get 
pretty involved.  imho, everything off-the-shelf has frustrating limits.
And the solution to that -- building out custom solutions -- has a steep 
learning curve.






On Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 10:01:23 AM UTC-7 
[email protected] wrote:

> Case-insensitive works perfectly! Thank you so much, this is exactly what 
> I wanted to do. 
> Knowing now that this works, is there any info you could provide to let me 
> do this kind of sorting myself? As my workflow evolves it's possible I'll 
> need to do it again. PM doesn't let one move or sort more than one keyword 
> at a time, so I'll be using an external program for bulk sorting and 
> changes.
> -Matt
>
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