David Tubbs schreef: > At 13:46 15/02/2006 +0100, you wrote: >> Easy to transfer the dos1_xxx.txt to win1_xxx_txt and then >> run win1_sort_bas using win1_xxx_txt and send it back directly to >> dos1_xxx1.txt > > Ah yes, you do neatly emphasise the clumsiness of file transfer, if only > directory and suffix separators where interchangeable. Did TT have a German > keyboard when he chose "_". > > I do agree that text manipulation is much easier in the QL realm, for > example I often want to review files on a drive, thr DOS cmd DIR /s creates > a listing with a load of diffusing eatra lines, either in Dillons Editor or > with a few lines of SuperBasic is swift but in PC mode near impossible. > > But for something as an alpha sort of a word list just import into EXCEL. For an alpha sort of a word list you could use QD: F3 (commands) E ordEr lines S start colum Ascending/Descending O Ok and save your list to DOSx_XXXX.txt
If your list containts accented vowels the result will differ from a sorting done with Excel. François Van Emelen _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
