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bug#19896: 23.1; reverse-region is slow compared to sort-columns
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asparagus |
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bug#19896: 23.1; reverse-region is slow compared to sort-columns |
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Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:35:42 +0000 (UTC) |
The emacs manual recommends 'M-x reverse-region' as a companion to 'M-x
sort-columns' to achieve a descending-order column sort. However, for large
regions (>100k lines), 'M-x reverse-region' is noticeably slower than 'M-x
sort-columns', making descending sort much slower than ascending sort.
A workaround on linux: use 'C-u M-x shell-command-on-region' with tac (the
opposite of cat) instead of using 'M-x reverse-region'.
FROM THE MANUAL:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sorting.html
M-x reverse-region
Reverse the order of the lines in the region. This is useful for sorting
into descending order by fields or columns, since those sort commands do not
have a feature for doing that.
- bug#19896: 23.1; reverse-region is slow compared to sort-columns,
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