[TxMt] Sorting File Contents and Selections

[Stuart Wheeler]

Thanks, Sune. I'll give that a try.

Stuart

On 20 Nov 2004, at 14:04, Sune Foldager wrote:

> On 20. nov 2004, at 13:51, Stuart Wheeler wrote:
>
>> I have a file which is essentially just a list of things. I haven't 
>> been overly diligent in keeping things in alphabetical order and now 
>> I want to sort the file. I know that I can use the command line and 
>> use a UNIX sort on it. In Vim I used to invoke the ! and run it 
>> through sort, outputting the results back into the buffer without 
>> having to leave Vim. So, is there a way to do it within TextMate?
>
> Yes, in the menu Text -> Filter Through Command, eveything like that 
> can be done. There you can also set if you want only the selection or 
> the entire document fed to the external command, and what to do with 
> the result. As for column selections, everything works fine whith 
> those as well :-).
>
> Using the Command menu, you can also set up the commands you use most 
> frequently, and assign to them hotkeys for fast and easy invocation.
>
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