On 2006-08-19, Tim Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1. within each block, add the sort keys in front of each
> > line (surname, personal name, line number), plus maybe a
> > delimiter to make step 3 (below) easier.
> > 2. sort
> > 3. remove the sort keys added in step 1
>
> Do I understand your suggestion is to tweak the file to look
> like
>
> ==================================================
> [X] 100% Soccer team
>
> Sims, Tim@ [X] 100% Sims, Tim
> Sims, Tim@ [X] 100% physical
> Sims, Tim@ [X] 100% uniform deposit #31
>
> Smith, Sam@ [ ] 50% Smith, Sam
> Smith, Sam@ [ ] 0% physical
> Smith, Sam@ [X] 100% uniform deposit
>
> Comer, Hannah@ [ ] 0% Comer, Hannah
> Comer, Hannah@ [ ] 0% physical
> Comer, Hannah@ [ ] 0% uniform deposit #8
>
> Thornton, Tyler@ [X] 100% Thornton, Tyler
> Thornton, Tyler@ [X] 100% physical
> Thornton, Tyler@ [X] 100% uniform deposit #35
> ==================================================
>
> and then running running sort over the remainder?
>
> My attempt to try your suggestion comes up with the
> sub-lists being inverted and the spaces between the lines
> being moved up to the top (using ":2,$!sort")
>
> ==================================================
> [X] 100% Soccer team
>
>
>
>
> Comer, Hannah@ [ ] 0% physical
> Comer, Hannah@ [ ] 0% uniform deposit #8
> Comer, Hannah@ [ ] 0% Comer, Hannah
> Sims, Tim@ [X] 100% physical
> Sims, Tim@ [X] 100% uniform deposit #31
> Sims, Tim@ [X] 100% Sims, Tim
> Smith, Sam@ [ ] 0% physical
> Smith, Sam@ [X] 100% uniform deposit
> Smith, Sam@ [ ] 50% Smith, Sam
> Thornton, Tyler@ [X] 100% physical
> Thornton, Tyler@ [X] 100% uniform deposit #35
> Thornton, Tyler@ [X] 100% Thornton, Tyler
> ==================================================
You can avoid including the sub-lists in the sort key by using vim's
internal sort, e.g.:
:'<,'>sort /^.*@/ r
Vim's sort has the property of preserving the order of lines with
identical keys. That doesn't solve the problem of the spaces,
though. Maybe you could insert <name>@ on the trailing blank lines,
too.
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
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| Spokane, Washington, USA
