Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-07 Thread Sharon Kimble
Charles C. Berry ccbe...@ucsd.edu writes:

 On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote:

 Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:

 Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com writes:

 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
 beginning of the first item.



 [description of keyboard issues deleted]


 Essentially the only viable, working, key in emacs on the 'F-key
 row' was 'F5'!

 So I'm now back on my old keyboard, and back to working as usual,
 but still unable to sort any lists.


 What does `M-x org-sort RET' yield?

 Chuck

--8---cut here---start-8---
Sort plain list: [a]lpha  [n]umeric  [t]ime  [f]unc  [x]checked  A/N/T/F/X 
means reversed:
--8---cut here---end---8---

Wow! I didn't know about that! And I can sort with that too, I've
just done it, brilliant, thanks very much! :)

Thanks
Sharon.
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Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-06 Thread Sharon Kimble
Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:

 Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com writes:

 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
 beginning of the first item.


 If I highlight the region and press C-c ^, I get Nothing to sort,
 but it does not insert a caret. It looks as if your Control-C is ignored
 somehow.

 Once you get the C-c issue straightened out, don't highlight the region:
 just place the cursor somewhere in the list and type C-c ^ and then
 select what kind of sorting you want from the menu in the echo area.

I did change over the keyboards, but have swapped back to my old
keyboard because the other keyboard didn't have any linux response
to 'F1' or 'S+F1', even after a reboot! This is what was shown in
the minibuffer when appropriate keys were pressed -

--8---cut here---start-8---
M-XF86AudioMute is undefined -- M+f1
M-XF86AudioLowerVolume is undefined -- M+f2
M-XF86AudioRaiseVolume is undefined -- M+f3
--8---cut here---end---8---

Essentially the only viable, working, key in emacs on the 'F-key
row' was 'F5'!

So I'm now back on my old keyboard, and back to working as usual,
but still unable to sort any lists. 

Thanks
Sharon.
-- 
A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk
TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk
Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.1


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Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-06 Thread Charles C. Berry

On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, Sharon Kimble wrote:


Nick Dokos ndo...@gmail.com writes:


Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com writes:


I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
beginning of the first item.





[description of keyboard issues deleted]



Essentially the only viable, working, key in emacs on the 'F-key
row' was 'F5'!

So I'm now back on my old keyboard, and back to working as usual,
but still unable to sort any lists.



What does `M-x org-sort RET' yield?

Chuck



Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
John Kitchin jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu writes:

 I can't reproduce your problem.

 If I put the cursor on any one of these lines and type C-c ^, it asks me how 
 to sort the list.

 - 5
 - 3
 - 1

 John

Hi John, thanks for the reply. Using your sample I do 'Ctrl-c 
Shift 6'. I have to do it this way as the '^' character is above the
6, and if I don't do that then I just get a '6'!

This is with 'Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @
/home/boudiccas/git/org-mode/lisp/)' and 'GNU Emacs 24.5.50.1
(i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 2015-04-16 on london'.

Thanks
Sharon.


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 Carnegie Mellon University
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 412-268-7803
 @johnkitchin
 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu

 On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com 
 wrote:

 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
 beginning of the first item.

 So how can I sort it please?

 Thanks
 Sharon.
 --
 A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk
 TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk
 Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.1


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Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
Subhan Michael Tindall subh...@familycareinc.org writes:

 Are you using CUA mode by any chance?  If this is the case, when you 
 highlight and hit C-c you are copying the region.
 Try C-S-c  ^ (same as C-C ^) (which using the non-CUA key binding)
 And should sort just find for you.
 The use of shift to override CUA bindings is very helpful, works
 for C-v  C-x too.

Thanks for this Subhan Michael, and Nick.

I wasn't aware of the usage of shift, and when I try it on John's
testing setup, I get an error message displayed in the echo area
which says user-error: No surrounding element.

I've had these sorts of problems before with various commands, on
this computer which was new in February this year, and its
predecessor. But the common element with both is that I've used the
same USB keyboard! So I'll swap it over to another USB keyboard I
have tomorrow, and see if that changes things.

Thanks
Sharon.


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 From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+subhant=familycareinc@gnu.org
 [mailto:emacs-orgmode-bounces+subhant=familycareinc@gnu.org] On
 Behalf Of Sharon Kimble
 Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:01 AM
 To: org-mode
 Subject: [O] How to sort an unordered list?
 
 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the beginning 
 of the
 first item.
 
 So how can I sort it please?
 
 Thanks
 Sharon.
 --
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 http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.1

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Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-05 Thread Nick Dokos
Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com writes:

 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
 beginning of the first item.


If I highlight the region and press C-c ^, I get Nothing to sort,
but it does not insert a caret. It looks as if your Control-C is ignored
somehow.

Once you get the C-c issue straightened out, don't highlight the region:
just place the cursor somewhere in the list and type C-c ^ and then
select what kind of sorting you want from the menu in the echo area.

Nick




Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-05 Thread Subhan Michael Tindall
Are you using CUA mode by any chance?  If this is the case, when you highlight 
and hit C-c you are copying the region.
Try C-S-c  ^ (same as C-C ^) (which using the non-CUA key binding)
And should sort just find for you.
The use of shift to override CUA bindings is very helpful, works for C-v  C-x 
too.

 -Original Message-
 From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+subhant=familycareinc@gnu.org
 [mailto:emacs-orgmode-bounces+subhant=familycareinc@gnu.org] On
 Behalf Of Sharon Kimble
 Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:01 AM
 To: org-mode
 Subject: [O] How to sort an unordered list?
 
 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the beginning of 
 the
 first item.
 
 So how can I sort it please?
 
 Thanks
 Sharon.
 --
 A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk TGmeds =
 http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.1

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[O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-05 Thread Sharon Kimble
I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
beginning of the first item.

So how can I sort it please?

Thanks
Sharon.
-- 
A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk
TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk
Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.1


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Re: [O] How to sort an unordered list?

2015-06-05 Thread John Kitchin
I can't reproduce your problem.

If I put the cursor on any one of these lines and type C-c ^, it asks me
how to sort the list.

- 5
- 3
- 1

John

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Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu


On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Sharon Kimble boudic...@skimble.plus.com
wrote:

 I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
 http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
 everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
 beginning of the first item.

 So how can I sort it please?

 Thanks
 Sharon.
 --
 A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk
 TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk
 Debian 8.0, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 24.5.50.1