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55535639 1;;; sort.el --- commands to sort text in an Emacs buffer
c88ab9ce 2
acaf905b 3;; Copyright (C) 1986-1987, 1994-1995, 2001-2012
95df8112 4;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6;; Author: Howie Kaye
7;; Maintainer: FSF
d7b4d18f 8;; Keywords: unix
e5167999 9
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10;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
eb3fa2cf 12;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
d32200ac 13;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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14;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
15;; (at your option) any later version.
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16
17;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20;; GNU General Public License for more details.
21
22;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 23;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
d32200ac 24
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25;;; Commentary:
26
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27;; This package provides the sorting facilities documented in the Emacs
28;; user's manual.
d9ecc911 29
e5167999 30;;; Code:
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32(defgroup sort nil
33 "Commands to sort text in an Emacs buffer."
34 :group 'data)
35
36(defcustom sort-fold-case nil
9201cc28 37 "Non-nil if the buffer sort functions should ignore case."
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38 :group 'sort
39 :type 'boolean)
aee00263 40;;;###autoload(put 'sort-fold-case 'safe-local-variable 'booleanp)
faf603f3 41
32033024 42;;;###autoload
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43(defun sort-subr (reverse nextrecfun endrecfun
44 &optional startkeyfun endkeyfun predicate)
d32200ac 45 "General text sorting routine to divide buffer into records and sort them.
d32200ac 46
a08caf95 47We divide the accessible portion of the buffer into disjoint pieces
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48called sort records. A portion of each sort record (perhaps all of
49it) is designated as the sort key. The records are rearranged in the
50buffer in order by their sort keys. The records may or may not be
51contiguous.
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52
53Usually the records are rearranged in order of ascending sort key.
54If REVERSE is non-nil, they are rearranged in order of descending sort key.
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55The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
56the sort order.
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57
58The next four arguments are functions to be called to move point
59across a sort record. They will be called many times from within sort-subr.
60
61NEXTRECFUN is called with point at the end of the previous record.
62It moves point to the start of the next record.
63It should move point to the end of the buffer if there are no more records.
64The first record is assumed to start at the position of point when sort-subr
65is called.
66
13f4b6b3 67ENDRECFUN is called with point within the record.
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68It should move point to the end of the record.
69
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70STARTKEYFUN moves from the start of the record to the start of the key.
71It may return either a non-nil value to be used as the key, or
a08caf95 72else the key is the substring between the values of point after
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73STARTKEYFUN and ENDKEYFUN are called. If STARTKEYFUN is nil, the key
74starts at the beginning of the record.
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75
76ENDKEYFUN moves from the start of the sort key to the end of the sort key.
77ENDKEYFUN may be nil if STARTKEYFUN returns a value or if it would be the
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78same as ENDRECFUN.
79
80PREDICATE is the function to use to compare keys. If keys are numbers,
81it defaults to `<', otherwise it defaults to `string<'."
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82 ;; Heuristically try to avoid messages if sorting a small amt of text.
83 (let ((messages (> (- (point-max) (point-min)) 50000)))
84 (save-excursion
85 (if messages (message "Finding sort keys..."))
86 (let* ((sort-lists (sort-build-lists nextrecfun endrecfun
87 startkeyfun endkeyfun))
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88 (old (reverse sort-lists))
89 (case-fold-search sort-fold-case))
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90 (if (null sort-lists)
91 ()
92 (or reverse (setq sort-lists (nreverse sort-lists)))
93 (if messages (message "Sorting records..."))
94 (setq sort-lists
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95 (sort sort-lists
96 (cond (predicate
97 `(lambda (a b) (,predicate (car a) (car b))))
98 ((numberp (car (car sort-lists)))
99 'car-less-than-car)
100 ((consp (car (car sort-lists)))
101 (lambda (a b)
102 (> 0 (compare-buffer-substrings
103 nil (car (car a)) (cdr (car a))
104 nil (car (car b)) (cdr (car b))))))
105 (t
106 (lambda (a b) (string< (car a) (car b)))))))
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107 (if reverse (setq sort-lists (nreverse sort-lists)))
108 (if messages (message "Reordering buffer..."))
109 (sort-reorder-buffer sort-lists old)))
110 (if messages (message "Reordering buffer... Done"))))
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111 nil)
112
113;; Parse buffer into records using the arguments as Lisp expressions;
e453d35a 114;; return a list of records. Each record looks like (KEY STARTPOS . ENDPOS)
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115;; where KEY is the sort key (a number or string),
116;; and STARTPOS and ENDPOS are the bounds of this record in the buffer.
117
118;; The records appear in the list lastmost first!
119
120(defun sort-build-lists (nextrecfun endrecfun startkeyfun endkeyfun)
121 (let ((sort-lists ())
122 (start-rec nil)
123 done key)
124 ;; Loop over sort records.
125 ;(goto-char (point-min)) -- it is the caller's responsibility to
126 ;arrange this if necessary
127 (while (not (eobp))
128 (setq start-rec (point)) ;save record start
129 (setq done nil)
130 ;; Get key value, or move to start of key.
131 (setq key (catch 'key
132 (or (and startkeyfun (funcall startkeyfun))
133 ;; If key was not returned as value,
134 ;; move to end of key and get key from the buffer.
135 (let ((start (point)))
136 (funcall (or endkeyfun
137 (prog1 endrecfun (setq done t))))
4f1b6c54 138 (cons start (point))))))
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139 ;; Move to end of this record (start of next one, or end of buffer).
140 (cond ((prog1 done (setq done nil)))
141 (endrecfun (funcall endrecfun))
142 (nextrecfun (funcall nextrecfun) (setq done t)))
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143 (if key (push
144 ;; consing optimization in case in which key is same as record.
145 (if (and (consp key)
146 (equal (car key) start-rec)
147 (equal (cdr key) (point)))
148 (cons key key)
149 (cons key (cons start-rec (point))))
150 sort-lists))
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151 (and (not done) nextrecfun (funcall nextrecfun)))
152 sort-lists))
153
154(defun sort-reorder-buffer (sort-lists old)
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155 (let ((last (point-min))
156 (min (point-min)) (max (point-max))
157 (old-buffer (current-buffer))
1fa85ea8 158 (mb enable-multibyte-characters)
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159 temp-buffer)
160 (with-temp-buffer
1fa85ea8 161 (set-buffer-multibyte mb)
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162 ;; Record the temporary buffer.
163 (setq temp-buffer (current-buffer))
164
165 ;; Copy the sorted text into the temporary buffer.
166 (while sort-lists
167 (goto-char (point-max))
168 (insert-buffer-substring old-buffer
169 last
170 (nth 1 (car old)))
171 (goto-char (point-max))
172 (insert-buffer-substring old-buffer
173 (nth 1 (car sort-lists))
174 (cdr (cdr (car sort-lists))))
175 (setq last (cdr (cdr (car old)))
176 sort-lists (cdr sort-lists)
177 old (cdr old)))
d32200ac 178 (goto-char (point-max))
ce4ef587 179 (insert-buffer-substring old-buffer last max)
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180
181 ;; Copy the reordered text from the temporary buffer
182 ;; to the buffer we sorted (OLD-BUFFER).
183 (set-buffer old-buffer)
184 (let ((inhibit-quit t))
185 ;; Make sure insertions done for reordering
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186 ;; saves any markers at the end of the sorted region,
187 ;; by leaving the last character of the region.
188 (delete-region min (1- max))
189 ;; Now replace the one remaining old character with the sorted text.
190 (goto-char (point-min))
ce4ef587 191 (insert-buffer-substring temp-buffer)
9b392284 192 (delete-region max (1+ max))))))
d32200ac 193
f9f9507e 194;;;###autoload
f1180544 195(defun sort-lines (reverse beg end)
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196 "Sort lines in region alphabetically; argument means descending order.
197Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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198REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order), BEG and END (region to sort).
199The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
200the sort order."
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201 (interactive "P\nr")
202 (save-excursion
203 (save-restriction
204 (narrow-to-region beg end)
205 (goto-char (point-min))
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206 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
207 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
208 (sort-subr reverse 'forward-line 'end-of-line)))))
d32200ac 209
f9f9507e 210;;;###autoload
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211(defun sort-paragraphs (reverse beg end)
212 "Sort paragraphs in region alphabetically; argument means descending order.
213Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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214REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order), BEG and END (region to sort).
215The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
216the sort order."
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217 (interactive "P\nr")
218 (save-excursion
219 (save-restriction
220 (narrow-to-region beg end)
221 (goto-char (point-min))
222 (sort-subr reverse
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223 (function
224 (lambda ()
225 (while (and (not (eobp)) (looking-at paragraph-separate))
226 (forward-line 1))))
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227 'forward-paragraph))))
228
f9f9507e 229;;;###autoload
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230(defun sort-pages (reverse beg end)
231 "Sort pages in region alphabetically; argument means descending order.
232Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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233REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order), BEG and END (region to sort).
234The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
235the sort order."
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236 (interactive "P\nr")
237 (save-excursion
238 (save-restriction
239 (narrow-to-region beg end)
240 (goto-char (point-min))
241 (sort-subr reverse
242 (function (lambda () (skip-chars-forward "\n")))
243 'forward-page))))
244\f
245(defvar sort-fields-syntax-table nil)
246(if sort-fields-syntax-table nil
247 (let ((table (make-syntax-table))
248 (i 0))
249 (while (< i 256)
250 (modify-syntax-entry i "w" table)
251 (setq i (1+ i)))
89226f32 252 (modify-syntax-entry ?\s " " table)
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253 (modify-syntax-entry ?\t " " table)
254 (modify-syntax-entry ?\n " " table)
255 (modify-syntax-entry ?\. "_" table) ; for floating pt. numbers. -wsr
256 (setq sort-fields-syntax-table table)))
257
5d6dd963 258(defcustom sort-numeric-base 10
9201cc28 259 "The default base used by `sort-numeric-fields'."
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260 :group 'sort
261 :type 'integer)
aee00263 262;;;###autoload(put 'sort-numeric-base 'safe-local-variable 'integerp)
5d6dd963 263
f9f9507e 264;;;###autoload
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265(defun sort-numeric-fields (field beg end)
266 "Sort lines in region numerically by the ARGth field of each line.
267Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered from 1 up.
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268Specified field must contain a number in each line of the region,
269which may begin with \"0x\" or \"0\" for hexadecimal and octal values.
270Otherwise, the number is interpreted according to sort-numeric-base.
2af3a0e3 271With a negative arg, sorts by the ARGth field counted from the right.
d32200ac 272Called from a program, there are three arguments:
4138e600 273FIELD, BEG and END. BEG and END specify region to sort."
d32200ac 274 (interactive "p\nr")
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275 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
276 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
277 (sort-fields-1 field beg end
278 (lambda ()
279 (sort-skip-fields field)
280 (let* ((case-fold-search t)
281 (base
282 (if (looking-at "\\(0x\\)[0-9a-f]\\|\\(0\\)[0-7]")
283 (cond ((match-beginning 1)
284 (goto-char (match-end 1))
285 16)
286 ((match-beginning 2)
287 (goto-char (match-end 2))
288 8)
289 (t nil)))))
290 (string-to-number (buffer-substring (point)
291 (save-excursion
292 (forward-sexp 1)
293 (point)))
294 (or base sort-numeric-base))))
295 nil)))
d32200ac 296
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297;;;;;###autoload
298;;(defun sort-float-fields (field beg end)
299;; "Sort lines in region numerically by the ARGth field of each line.
300;;Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered from 1 up. Specified field
301;;must contain a floating point number in each line of the region. With a
302;;negative arg, sorts by the ARGth field counted from the right. Called from a
303;;program, there are three arguments: FIELD, BEG and END. BEG and END specify
304;;region to sort."
305;; (interactive "p\nr")
306;; (sort-fields-1 field beg end
307;; (function (lambda ()
308;; (sort-skip-fields field)
309;; (string-to-number
310;; (buffer-substring
311;; (point)
312;; (save-excursion
313;; (re-search-forward
314;; "[+-]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]*\\([eE][+-]?[0-9]+\\)?")
315;; (point))))))
316;; nil))
2af3a0e3 317
f9f9507e 318;;;###autoload
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319(defun sort-fields (field beg end)
320 "Sort lines in region lexicographically by the ARGth field of each line.
321Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered from 1 up.
2af3a0e3 322With a negative arg, sorts by the ARGth field counted from the right.
d32200ac 323Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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324FIELD, BEG and END. BEG and END specify region to sort.
325The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
326the sort order."
d32200ac 327 (interactive "p\nr")
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328 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
329 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
330 (sort-fields-1 field beg end
331 (function (lambda ()
332 (sort-skip-fields field)
333 nil))
334 (function (lambda () (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n"))))))
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335
336(defun sort-fields-1 (field beg end startkeyfun endkeyfun)
2af3a0e3 337 (let ((tbl (syntax-table)))
338 (if (zerop field) (setq field 1))
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339 (unwind-protect
340 (save-excursion
341 (save-restriction
342 (narrow-to-region beg end)
343 (goto-char (point-min))
344 (set-syntax-table sort-fields-syntax-table)
2af3a0e3 345 (sort-subr nil
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346 'forward-line 'end-of-line
347 startkeyfun endkeyfun)))
348 (set-syntax-table tbl))))
349
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350;; Position at the beginning of field N on the current line,
351;; assuming point is initially at the beginning of the line.
d32200ac 352(defun sort-skip-fields (n)
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353 (if (> n 0)
354 ;; Skip across N - 1 fields.
355 (let ((i (1- n)))
356 (while (> i 0)
357 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
358 (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n")
359 (setq i (1- i)))
360 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
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361 (if (eolp)
362 (error "Line has too few fields: %s"
363 (buffer-substring
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364 (line-beginning-position)
365 (line-end-position)))))
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366 (end-of-line)
367 ;; Skip back across - N - 1 fields.
368 (let ((i (1- (- n))))
369 (while (> i 0)
370 (skip-chars-backward " \t")
371 (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n")
372 (setq i (1- i)))
373 (skip-chars-backward " \t"))
374 (if (bolp)
d32200ac 375 (error "Line has too few fields: %s"
220eb88b 376 (buffer-substring
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377 (line-beginning-position)
378 (line-end-position))))
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379 ;; Position at the front of the field
380 ;; even if moving backwards.
381 (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n")))
d32200ac 382\f
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383(defvar sort-regexp-fields-regexp)
384(defvar sort-regexp-record-end)
385
386;; Move to the beginning of the next match for record-regexp,
387;; and set sort-regexp-record-end to the end of that match.
388;; If the next match is empty and does not advance point,
389;; skip one character and try again.
390(defun sort-regexp-fields-next-record ()
391 (let ((oldpos (point)))
392 (and (re-search-forward sort-regexp-fields-regexp nil 'move)
393 (setq sort-regexp-record-end (match-end 0))
394 (if (= sort-regexp-record-end oldpos)
395 (progn
396 (forward-char 1)
397 (re-search-forward sort-regexp-fields-regexp nil 'move)
398 (setq sort-regexp-record-end (match-end 0)))
399 t)
400 (goto-char (match-beginning 0)))))
401
f9f9507e 402;;;###autoload
d32200ac 403(defun sort-regexp-fields (reverse record-regexp key-regexp beg end)
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404 "Sort the text in the region region lexicographically.
405If called interactively, prompt for two regular expressions,
406RECORD-REGEXP and KEY-REGEXP.
407
408RECORD-REGEXP specifies the textual units to be sorted.
409 For example, to sort lines, RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\".
410
411KEY-REGEXP specifies the part of each record (i.e. each match for
412 RECORD-REGEXP) to be used for sorting.
413 If it is \"\\\\digit\", use the digit'th \"\\\\(...\\\\)\"
414 match field specified by RECORD-REGEXP.
415 If it is \"\\\\&\", use the whole record.
416 Otherwise, KEY-REGEXP should be a regular expression with which
417 to search within the record. If a match for KEY-REGEXP is not
418 found within a record, that record is ignored.
419
420With a negative prefix arg, sort in reverse order.
d32200ac 421
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422The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
423the sort order.
424
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425For example: to sort lines in the region by the first word on each line
426 starting with the letter \"f\",
8e5b59e1 427 RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\" and KEY would be \"\\\\=\\<f\\\\w*\\\\>\""
2af3a0e3 428 ;; using negative prefix arg to mean "reverse" is now inconsistent with
429 ;; other sort-.*fields functions but then again this was before, since it
430 ;; didn't use the magnitude of the arg to specify anything.
4aaa9356 431 (interactive "P\nsRegexp specifying records to sort: \n\
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432sRegexp specifying key within record: \nr")
433 (cond ((or (equal key-regexp "") (equal key-regexp "\\&"))
434 (setq key-regexp 0))
435 ((string-match "\\`\\\\[1-9]\\'" key-regexp)
436 (setq key-regexp (- (aref key-regexp 1) ?0))))
437 (save-excursion
438 (save-restriction
439 (narrow-to-region beg end)
440 (goto-char (point-min))
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441 (let (sort-regexp-record-end
442 (sort-regexp-fields-regexp record-regexp))
4cc7cae8 443 (re-search-forward sort-regexp-fields-regexp nil t)
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444 (setq sort-regexp-record-end (point))
445 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
446 (sort-subr reverse
387f3b21 447 'sort-regexp-fields-next-record
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448 (function (lambda ()
449 (goto-char sort-regexp-record-end)))
450 (function (lambda ()
451 (let ((n 0))
452 (cond ((numberp key-regexp)
453 (setq n key-regexp))
454 ((re-search-forward
455 key-regexp sort-regexp-record-end t)
456 (setq n 0))
457 (t (throw 'key nil)))
458 (condition-case ()
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459 (cons (match-beginning n)
460 (match-end n))
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461 ;; if there was no such register
462 (error (throw 'key nil)))))))))))
463
464\f
465(defvar sort-columns-subprocess t)
466
f9f9507e 467;;;###autoload
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468(defun sort-columns (reverse &optional beg end)
469 "Sort lines in region alphabetically by a certain range of columns.
02ebb2ea 470For the purpose of this command, the region BEG...END includes
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471the entire line that point is in and the entire line the mark is in.
472The column positions of point and mark bound the range of columns to sort on.
02ebb2ea 473A prefix argument means sort into REVERSE order.
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474The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
475the sort order.
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476
477Note that `sort-columns' rejects text that contains tabs,
478because tabs could be split across the specified columns
479and it doesn't know how to handle that. Also, when possible,
480it uses the `sort' utility program, which doesn't understand tabs.
481Use \\[untabify] to convert tabs to spaces before sorting."
482 (interactive "P\nr")
483 (save-excursion
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484 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
485 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t)
486 beg1 end1 col-beg1 col-end1 col-start col-end)
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487 (goto-char (min beg end))
488 (setq col-beg1 (current-column))
489 (beginning-of-line)
490 (setq beg1 (point))
491 (goto-char (max beg end))
492 (setq col-end1 (current-column))
493 (forward-line)
494 (setq end1 (point))
495 (setq col-start (min col-beg1 col-end1))
496 (setq col-end (max col-beg1 col-end1))
497 (if (search-backward "\t" beg1 t)
c47e669b 498 (error "sort-columns does not work with tabs -- use M-x untabify"))
7c2fb837 499 (if (not (or (memq system-type '(windows-nt))
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500 (let ((pos beg1) plist fontified)
501 (catch 'found
502 (while (< pos end1)
503 (setq plist (text-properties-at pos))
504 (setq fontified (plist-get plist 'fontified))
505 (while (consp plist)
506 (unless (or (eq (car plist) 'fontified)
507 (and (eq (car plist) 'face)
508 fontified))
509 (throw 'found t))
510 (setq plist (cddr plist)))
511 (setq pos (next-property-change pos nil end1)))))))
d32200ac 512 ;; Use the sort utility if we can; it is 4 times as fast.
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513 ;; Do not use it if there are any non-font-lock properties
514 ;; in the region, since the sort utility would lose the
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515 ;; properties. Tabs are used as field separator; on NetBSD,
516 ;; sort complains if "\n" is used as field separator.
e7cd761f 517 (let ((sort-args (list (if reverse "-rt\t" "-t\t")
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518 (format "-k1.%d,1.%d"
519 (1+ col-start)
520 (1+ col-end)))))
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521 (when sort-fold-case
522 (push "-f" sort-args))
523 (apply #'call-process-region beg1 end1 "sort" t t nil sort-args))
7c2fb837 524 ;; On ms-windows, use Emacs's own facilities.
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525 (save-excursion
526 (save-restriction
527 (narrow-to-region beg1 end1)
528 (goto-char beg1)
529 (sort-subr reverse 'forward-line 'end-of-line
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530 #'(lambda () (move-to-column col-start) nil)
531 #'(lambda () (move-to-column col-end) nil))))))))
2af3a0e3 532
f9f9507e 533;;;###autoload
2af3a0e3 534(defun reverse-region (beg end)
535 "Reverse the order of lines in a region.
536From a program takes two point or marker arguments, BEG and END."
537 (interactive "r")
538 (if (> beg end)
539 (let (mid) (setq mid end end beg beg mid)))
540 (save-excursion
541 ;; put beg at the start of a line and end and the end of one --
542 ;; the largest possible region which fits this criteria
543 (goto-char beg)
544 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))
545 (setq beg (point))
546 (goto-char end)
547 ;; the test for bolp is for those times when end is on an empty line;
548 ;; it is probably not the case that the line should be included in the
549 ;; reversal; it isn't difficult to add it afterward.
550 (or (and (eolp) (not (bolp))) (progn (forward-line -1) (end-of-line)))
551 (setq end (point-marker))
552 ;; the real work. this thing cranks through memory on large regions.
553 (let (ll (do t))
554 (while do
555 (goto-char beg)
556 (setq ll (cons (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
557 ll))
558 (setq do (/= (point) end))
559 (delete-region beg (if do (1+ (point)) (point))))
560 (while (cdr ll)
561 (insert (car ll) "\n")
562 (setq ll (cdr ll)))
563 (insert (car ll)))))
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564
565(provide 'sort)
566
c88ab9ce 567;;; sort.el ends here