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Re: [h-e-w] RF help using sort-numeric-fields
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Charles Curley |
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Re: [h-e-w] RF help using sort-numeric-fields |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 08:38:53 -0600 |
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On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 12:29:24PM +0100, Neil Mackie wrote:
> I'm trying to run the function
> sort-numeric-fields
> which the documentation says takes three arguments,
> the field to sort,
> the beginning of the region to sort and
> the end of the region to sort.
> I'm entering
> M-x sort-numeric-fields and <return>
> expecting to be prompted for the arguments but the function is run as
> soon as I enter <return>. I have tried entering arguments after
> M-x sort-numeric-fields
> but only <return> is accepted. So I'm unable to tell the function which
> fields I wish to sort on.
>
> I'm doing something wrong but do not know what. Can anyone enlighten
> me?
I'll leave your enlightenment to a higher authority, but make some
suggestions on using the sorting function.
The parameter information is for programmers. To use a function from
the keyboard, do things a bit differently.
First mark the region you want to sort as you normally would mark a
region for any other purpose (killing, e.g.). The region should form
a rectangle, e.g. upper left and lower right limits.
To enter the field number, C-U, enter the field number of the field
you want to sort on. Posative number to coult from the left, negative
to count from the right.
Then M-X sort-numeric-fields.
Try sorting this on field 2:
aaaa 1234 ggggg
bbbb 456 gggg
gggg 3456 hhhhh
>
> TIA,
> Neil (J Mackie).
>
>
> By the end of this year the Radiocommunications Agency and all responsibility
> for regulating the radio spectrum and communications services will become
> part of Ofcom - the new converged regulator for the communications sector.
> See the Ofcom transitional website at www.Ofcom.org.uk for more details.
>
>
>
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