Interesting, I did not know about text properties although it only seems marginally useful:
```When a buffer is unloaded, all the text properties are gone. There is no way to store the properties in a file. You can only re-create them``` What would it take to save them to a shadow file? On Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 8:17:57 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > > On Di, 14 Sep 2021, Julius Hamilton wrote: > > > I would like to sort lines in a text document and then tag them, and > then revert the file to its original order. > > > > First of all, is there a way to tag a line, so that lines with a given > tag can be quickly referred to, but the tag is not in the actual text? > > I think this can be done using text-properties. > Have a look at :h text-prop-intro > > Best, > Christian > -- > Ungleich den Franzosen und Engländern, loben die Deutschen nichts (an > einem Autor, Menschen), ohne alles zu loben; sie glauben parteiisch > sein zu müssen. > -- Jean Paul > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/ebe00758-eb50-45bd-a626-5713aeb5cc67n%40googlegroups.com.
