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55535639 1;;; sort.el --- commands to sort text in an Emacs buffer
c88ab9ce 2
c90f2757 3;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003,
409cc4a3 4;; 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6;; Author: Howie Kaye
7;; Maintainer: FSF
d7b4d18f 8;; Keywords: unix
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10;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
12;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
13;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
b4aa6026 14;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
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15;; any later version.
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
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22;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
b578f267 23;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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24;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
25;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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27;;; Commentary:
28
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29;; This package provides the sorting facilities documented in the Emacs
30;; user's manual.
d9ecc911 31
e5167999 32;;; Code:
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34(defgroup sort nil
35 "Commands to sort text in an Emacs buffer."
36 :group 'data)
37
38(defcustom sort-fold-case nil
39 "*Non-nil if the buffer sort functions should ignore case."
40 :group 'sort
41 :type 'boolean)
aee00263 42;;;###autoload(put 'sort-fold-case 'safe-local-variable 'booleanp)
faf603f3 43
32033024 44;;;###autoload
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45(defun sort-subr (reverse nextrecfun endrecfun
46 &optional startkeyfun endkeyfun predicate)
d32200ac 47 "General text sorting routine to divide buffer into records and sort them.
d32200ac 48
a08caf95 49We divide the accessible portion of the buffer into disjoint pieces
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50called sort records. A portion of each sort record (perhaps all of
51it) is designated as the sort key. The records are rearranged in the
52buffer in order by their sort keys. The records may or may not be
53contiguous.
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54
55Usually the records are rearranged in order of ascending sort key.
56If REVERSE is non-nil, they are rearranged in order of descending sort key.
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57The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
58the sort order.
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59
60The next four arguments are functions to be called to move point
61across a sort record. They will be called many times from within sort-subr.
62
63NEXTRECFUN is called with point at the end of the previous record.
64It moves point to the start of the next record.
65It should move point to the end of the buffer if there are no more records.
66The first record is assumed to start at the position of point when sort-subr
67is called.
68
13f4b6b3 69ENDRECFUN is called with point within the record.
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70It should move point to the end of the record.
71
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72STARTKEYFUN moves from the start of the record to the start of the key.
73It may return either a non-nil value to be used as the key, or
a08caf95 74else the key is the substring between the values of point after
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75STARTKEYFUN and ENDKEYFUN are called. If STARTKEYFUN is nil, the key
76starts at the beginning of the record.
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77
78ENDKEYFUN moves from the start of the sort key to the end of the sort key.
79ENDKEYFUN may be nil if STARTKEYFUN returns a value or if it would be the
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80same as ENDRECFUN.
81
82PREDICATE is the function to use to compare keys. If keys are numbers,
83it defaults to `<', otherwise it defaults to `string<'."
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84 ;; Heuristically try to avoid messages if sorting a small amt of text.
85 (let ((messages (> (- (point-max) (point-min)) 50000)))
86 (save-excursion
87 (if messages (message "Finding sort keys..."))
88 (let* ((sort-lists (sort-build-lists nextrecfun endrecfun
89 startkeyfun endkeyfun))
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90 (old (reverse sort-lists))
91 (case-fold-search sort-fold-case))
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92 (if (null sort-lists)
93 ()
94 (or reverse (setq sort-lists (nreverse sort-lists)))
95 (if messages (message "Sorting records..."))
96 (setq sort-lists
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97 (sort sort-lists
98 (cond (predicate
99 `(lambda (a b) (,predicate (car a) (car b))))
100 ((numberp (car (car sort-lists)))
101 'car-less-than-car)
102 ((consp (car (car sort-lists)))
103 (lambda (a b)
104 (> 0 (compare-buffer-substrings
105 nil (car (car a)) (cdr (car a))
106 nil (car (car b)) (cdr (car b))))))
107 (t
108 (lambda (a b) (string< (car a) (car b)))))))
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109 (if reverse (setq sort-lists (nreverse sort-lists)))
110 (if messages (message "Reordering buffer..."))
111 (sort-reorder-buffer sort-lists old)))
112 (if messages (message "Reordering buffer... Done"))))
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113 nil)
114
115;; Parse buffer into records using the arguments as Lisp expressions;
e453d35a 116;; return a list of records. Each record looks like (KEY STARTPOS . ENDPOS)
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117;; where KEY is the sort key (a number or string),
118;; and STARTPOS and ENDPOS are the bounds of this record in the buffer.
119
120;; The records appear in the list lastmost first!
121
122(defun sort-build-lists (nextrecfun endrecfun startkeyfun endkeyfun)
123 (let ((sort-lists ())
124 (start-rec nil)
125 done key)
126 ;; Loop over sort records.
127 ;(goto-char (point-min)) -- it is the caller's responsibility to
128 ;arrange this if necessary
129 (while (not (eobp))
130 (setq start-rec (point)) ;save record start
131 (setq done nil)
132 ;; Get key value, or move to start of key.
133 (setq key (catch 'key
134 (or (and startkeyfun (funcall startkeyfun))
135 ;; If key was not returned as value,
136 ;; move to end of key and get key from the buffer.
137 (let ((start (point)))
138 (funcall (or endkeyfun
139 (prog1 endrecfun (setq done t))))
4f1b6c54 140 (cons start (point))))))
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141 ;; Move to end of this record (start of next one, or end of buffer).
142 (cond ((prog1 done (setq done nil)))
143 (endrecfun (funcall endrecfun))
144 (nextrecfun (funcall nextrecfun) (setq done t)))
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145 (if key (push
146 ;; consing optimization in case in which key is same as record.
147 (if (and (consp key)
148 (equal (car key) start-rec)
149 (equal (cdr key) (point)))
150 (cons key key)
151 (cons key (cons start-rec (point))))
152 sort-lists))
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153 (and (not done) nextrecfun (funcall nextrecfun)))
154 sort-lists))
155
156(defun sort-reorder-buffer (sort-lists old)
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157 (let ((last (point-min))
158 (min (point-min)) (max (point-max))
159 (old-buffer (current-buffer))
1fa85ea8 160 (mb enable-multibyte-characters)
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161 temp-buffer)
162 (with-temp-buffer
1fa85ea8 163 (set-buffer-multibyte mb)
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164 ;; Record the temporary buffer.
165 (setq temp-buffer (current-buffer))
166
167 ;; Copy the sorted text into the temporary buffer.
168 (while sort-lists
169 (goto-char (point-max))
170 (insert-buffer-substring old-buffer
171 last
172 (nth 1 (car old)))
173 (goto-char (point-max))
174 (insert-buffer-substring old-buffer
175 (nth 1 (car sort-lists))
176 (cdr (cdr (car sort-lists))))
177 (setq last (cdr (cdr (car old)))
178 sort-lists (cdr sort-lists)
179 old (cdr old)))
d32200ac 180 (goto-char (point-max))
ce4ef587 181 (insert-buffer-substring old-buffer last max)
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182
183 ;; Copy the reordered text from the temporary buffer
184 ;; to the buffer we sorted (OLD-BUFFER).
185 (set-buffer old-buffer)
186 (let ((inhibit-quit t))
187 ;; Make sure insertions done for reordering
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188 ;; saves any markers at the end of the sorted region,
189 ;; by leaving the last character of the region.
190 (delete-region min (1- max))
191 ;; Now replace the one remaining old character with the sorted text.
192 (goto-char (point-min))
ce4ef587 193 (insert-buffer-substring temp-buffer)
9b392284 194 (delete-region max (1+ max))))))
d32200ac 195
f9f9507e 196;;;###autoload
f1180544 197(defun sort-lines (reverse beg end)
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198 "Sort lines in region alphabetically; argument means descending order.
199Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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200REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order), BEG and END (region to sort).
201The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
202the sort order."
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203 (interactive "P\nr")
204 (save-excursion
205 (save-restriction
206 (narrow-to-region beg end)
207 (goto-char (point-min))
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208 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
209 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
210 (sort-subr reverse 'forward-line 'end-of-line)))))
d32200ac 211
f9f9507e 212;;;###autoload
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213(defun sort-paragraphs (reverse beg end)
214 "Sort paragraphs in region alphabetically; argument means descending order.
215Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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216REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order), BEG and END (region to sort).
217The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
218the sort order."
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219 (interactive "P\nr")
220 (save-excursion
221 (save-restriction
222 (narrow-to-region beg end)
223 (goto-char (point-min))
224 (sort-subr reverse
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225 (function
226 (lambda ()
227 (while (and (not (eobp)) (looking-at paragraph-separate))
228 (forward-line 1))))
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229 'forward-paragraph))))
230
f9f9507e 231;;;###autoload
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232(defun sort-pages (reverse beg end)
233 "Sort pages in region alphabetically; argument means descending order.
234Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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235REVERSE (non-nil means reverse order), BEG and END (region to sort).
236The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
237the sort order."
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238 (interactive "P\nr")
239 (save-excursion
240 (save-restriction
241 (narrow-to-region beg end)
242 (goto-char (point-min))
243 (sort-subr reverse
244 (function (lambda () (skip-chars-forward "\n")))
245 'forward-page))))
246\f
247(defvar sort-fields-syntax-table nil)
248(if sort-fields-syntax-table nil
249 (let ((table (make-syntax-table))
250 (i 0))
251 (while (< i 256)
252 (modify-syntax-entry i "w" table)
253 (setq i (1+ i)))
89226f32 254 (modify-syntax-entry ?\s " " table)
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255 (modify-syntax-entry ?\t " " table)
256 (modify-syntax-entry ?\n " " table)
257 (modify-syntax-entry ?\. "_" table) ; for floating pt. numbers. -wsr
258 (setq sort-fields-syntax-table table)))
259
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260(defcustom sort-numeric-base 10
261 "*The default base used by `sort-numeric-fields'."
262 :group 'sort
263 :type 'integer)
aee00263 264;;;###autoload(put 'sort-numeric-base 'safe-local-variable 'integerp)
5d6dd963 265
f9f9507e 266;;;###autoload
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267(defun sort-numeric-fields (field beg end)
268 "Sort lines in region numerically by the ARGth field of each line.
269Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered from 1 up.
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270Specified field must contain a number in each line of the region,
271which may begin with \"0x\" or \"0\" for hexadecimal and octal values.
272Otherwise, the number is interpreted according to sort-numeric-base.
2af3a0e3 273With a negative arg, sorts by the ARGth field counted from the right.
d32200ac 274Called from a program, there are three arguments:
4138e600 275FIELD, BEG and END. BEG and END specify region to sort."
d32200ac 276 (interactive "p\nr")
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277 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
278 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
279 (sort-fields-1 field beg end
280 (lambda ()
281 (sort-skip-fields field)
282 (let* ((case-fold-search t)
283 (base
284 (if (looking-at "\\(0x\\)[0-9a-f]\\|\\(0\\)[0-7]")
285 (cond ((match-beginning 1)
286 (goto-char (match-end 1))
287 16)
288 ((match-beginning 2)
289 (goto-char (match-end 2))
290 8)
291 (t nil)))))
292 (string-to-number (buffer-substring (point)
293 (save-excursion
294 (forward-sexp 1)
295 (point)))
296 (or base sort-numeric-base))))
297 nil)))
d32200ac 298
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299;;;;;###autoload
300;;(defun sort-float-fields (field beg end)
301;; "Sort lines in region numerically by the ARGth field of each line.
302;;Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered from 1 up. Specified field
303;;must contain a floating point number in each line of the region. With a
304;;negative arg, sorts by the ARGth field counted from the right. Called from a
305;;program, there are three arguments: FIELD, BEG and END. BEG and END specify
306;;region to sort."
307;; (interactive "p\nr")
308;; (sort-fields-1 field beg end
309;; (function (lambda ()
310;; (sort-skip-fields field)
311;; (string-to-number
312;; (buffer-substring
313;; (point)
314;; (save-excursion
315;; (re-search-forward
316;; "[+-]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]*\\([eE][+-]?[0-9]+\\)?")
317;; (point))))))
318;; nil))
2af3a0e3 319
f9f9507e 320;;;###autoload
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321(defun sort-fields (field beg end)
322 "Sort lines in region lexicographically by the ARGth field of each line.
323Fields are separated by whitespace and numbered from 1 up.
2af3a0e3 324With a negative arg, sorts by the ARGth field counted from the right.
d32200ac 325Called from a program, there are three arguments:
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326FIELD, BEG and END. BEG and END specify region to sort.
327The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
328the sort order."
d32200ac 329 (interactive "p\nr")
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330 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
331 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t))
332 (sort-fields-1 field beg end
333 (function (lambda ()
334 (sort-skip-fields field)
335 nil))
336 (function (lambda () (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n"))))))
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337
338(defun sort-fields-1 (field beg end startkeyfun endkeyfun)
2af3a0e3 339 (let ((tbl (syntax-table)))
340 (if (zerop field) (setq field 1))
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341 (unwind-protect
342 (save-excursion
343 (save-restriction
344 (narrow-to-region beg end)
345 (goto-char (point-min))
346 (set-syntax-table sort-fields-syntax-table)
2af3a0e3 347 (sort-subr nil
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348 'forward-line 'end-of-line
349 startkeyfun endkeyfun)))
350 (set-syntax-table tbl))))
351
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352;; Position at the beginning of field N on the current line,
353;; assuming point is initially at the beginning of the line.
d32200ac 354(defun sort-skip-fields (n)
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355 (if (> n 0)
356 ;; Skip across N - 1 fields.
357 (let ((i (1- n)))
358 (while (> i 0)
359 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
360 (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n")
361 (setq i (1- i)))
362 (skip-chars-forward " \t")
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363 (if (eolp)
364 (error "Line has too few fields: %s"
365 (buffer-substring
366 (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point))
367 (save-excursion (end-of-line) (point))))))
368 (end-of-line)
369 ;; Skip back across - N - 1 fields.
370 (let ((i (1- (- n))))
371 (while (> i 0)
372 (skip-chars-backward " \t")
373 (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n")
374 (setq i (1- i)))
375 (skip-chars-backward " \t"))
376 (if (bolp)
d32200ac 377 (error "Line has too few fields: %s"
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378 (buffer-substring
379 (save-excursion (beginning-of-line) (point))
380 (save-excursion (end-of-line) (point)))))
381 ;; Position at the front of the field
382 ;; even if moving backwards.
383 (skip-chars-backward "^ \t\n")))
d32200ac 384\f
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385(defvar sort-regexp-fields-regexp)
386(defvar sort-regexp-record-end)
387
388;; Move to the beginning of the next match for record-regexp,
389;; and set sort-regexp-record-end to the end of that match.
390;; If the next match is empty and does not advance point,
391;; skip one character and try again.
392(defun sort-regexp-fields-next-record ()
393 (let ((oldpos (point)))
394 (and (re-search-forward sort-regexp-fields-regexp nil 'move)
395 (setq sort-regexp-record-end (match-end 0))
396 (if (= sort-regexp-record-end oldpos)
397 (progn
398 (forward-char 1)
399 (re-search-forward sort-regexp-fields-regexp nil 'move)
400 (setq sort-regexp-record-end (match-end 0)))
401 t)
402 (goto-char (match-beginning 0)))))
403
f9f9507e 404;;;###autoload
d32200ac 405(defun sort-regexp-fields (reverse record-regexp key-regexp beg end)
eb8c3be9 406 "Sort the region lexicographically as specified by RECORD-REGEXP and KEY.
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407RECORD-REGEXP specifies the textual units which should be sorted.
408 For example, to sort lines RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\"
409KEY specifies the part of each record (ie each match for RECORD-REGEXP)
410 is to be used for sorting.
8e5b59e1 411 If it is \"\\\\digit\" then the digit'th \"\\\\(...\\\\)\" match field from
d32200ac 412 RECORD-REGEXP is used.
8e5b59e1 413 If it is \"\\\\&\" then the whole record is used.
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414 Otherwise, it is a regular-expression for which to search within the record.
415If a match for KEY is not found within a record then that record is ignored.
416
417With a negative prefix arg sorts in reverse order.
418
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419The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
420the sort order.
421
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422For example: to sort lines in the region by the first word on each line
423 starting with the letter \"f\",
8e5b59e1 424 RECORD-REGEXP would be \"^.*$\" and KEY would be \"\\\\=\\<f\\\\w*\\\\>\""
2af3a0e3 425 ;; using negative prefix arg to mean "reverse" is now inconsistent with
426 ;; other sort-.*fields functions but then again this was before, since it
427 ;; didn't use the magnitude of the arg to specify anything.
f1180544 428 (interactive "P\nsRegexp specifying records to sort:
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429sRegexp specifying key within record: \nr")
430 (cond ((or (equal key-regexp "") (equal key-regexp "\\&"))
431 (setq key-regexp 0))
432 ((string-match "\\`\\\\[1-9]\\'" key-regexp)
433 (setq key-regexp (- (aref key-regexp 1) ?0))))
434 (save-excursion
435 (save-restriction
436 (narrow-to-region beg end)
437 (goto-char (point-min))
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438 (let (sort-regexp-record-end
439 (sort-regexp-fields-regexp record-regexp))
4cc7cae8 440 (re-search-forward sort-regexp-fields-regexp nil t)
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441 (setq sort-regexp-record-end (point))
442 (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
443 (sort-subr reverse
387f3b21 444 'sort-regexp-fields-next-record
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445 (function (lambda ()
446 (goto-char sort-regexp-record-end)))
447 (function (lambda ()
448 (let ((n 0))
449 (cond ((numberp key-regexp)
450 (setq n key-regexp))
451 ((re-search-forward
452 key-regexp sort-regexp-record-end t)
453 (setq n 0))
454 (t (throw 'key nil)))
455 (condition-case ()
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456 (cons (match-beginning n)
457 (match-end n))
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458 ;; if there was no such register
459 (error (throw 'key nil)))))))))))
460
461\f
462(defvar sort-columns-subprocess t)
463
f9f9507e 464;;;###autoload
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465(defun sort-columns (reverse &optional beg end)
466 "Sort lines in region alphabetically by a certain range of columns.
02ebb2ea 467For the purpose of this command, the region BEG...END includes
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468the entire line that point is in and the entire line the mark is in.
469The column positions of point and mark bound the range of columns to sort on.
02ebb2ea 470A prefix argument means sort into REVERSE order.
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471The variable `sort-fold-case' determines whether alphabetic case affects
472the sort order.
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473
474Note that `sort-columns' rejects text that contains tabs,
475because tabs could be split across the specified columns
476and it doesn't know how to handle that. Also, when possible,
477it uses the `sort' utility program, which doesn't understand tabs.
478Use \\[untabify] to convert tabs to spaces before sorting."
479 (interactive "P\nr")
480 (save-excursion
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481 (let ;; To make `end-of-line' and etc. to ignore fields.
482 ((inhibit-field-text-motion t)
483 beg1 end1 col-beg1 col-end1 col-start col-end)
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484 (goto-char (min beg end))
485 (setq col-beg1 (current-column))
486 (beginning-of-line)
487 (setq beg1 (point))
488 (goto-char (max beg end))
489 (setq col-end1 (current-column))
490 (forward-line)
491 (setq end1 (point))
492 (setq col-start (min col-beg1 col-end1))
493 (setq col-end (max col-beg1 col-end1))
494 (if (search-backward "\t" beg1 t)
c47e669b 495 (error "sort-columns does not work with tabs -- use M-x untabify"))
263d3d5d 496 (if (not (or (memq system-type '(vax-vms windows-nt))
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497 (let ((pos beg1) plist fontified)
498 (catch 'found
499 (while (< pos end1)
500 (setq plist (text-properties-at pos))
501 (setq fontified (plist-get plist 'fontified))
502 (while (consp plist)
503 (unless (or (eq (car plist) 'fontified)
504 (and (eq (car plist) 'face)
505 fontified))
506 (throw 'found t))
507 (setq plist (cddr plist)))
508 (setq pos (next-property-change pos nil end1)))))))
d32200ac 509 ;; Use the sort utility if we can; it is 4 times as fast.
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510 ;; Do not use it if there are any non-font-lock properties
511 ;; in the region, since the sort utility would lose the
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512 ;; properties. Tabs are used as field separator; on NetBSD,
513 ;; sort complains if "\n" is used as field separator.
e7cd761f 514 (let ((sort-args (list (if reverse "-rt\t" "-t\t")
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515 (format "-k1.%d,1.%d"
516 (1+ col-start)
517 (1+ col-end)))))
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518 (when sort-fold-case
519 (push "-f" sort-args))
520 (apply #'call-process-region beg1 end1 "sort" t t nil sort-args))
2e8d40a1 521 ;; On VMS and ms-windows, use Emacs's own facilities.
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522 (save-excursion
523 (save-restriction
524 (narrow-to-region beg1 end1)
525 (goto-char beg1)
526 (sort-subr reverse 'forward-line 'end-of-line
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527 #'(lambda () (move-to-column col-start) nil)
528 #'(lambda () (move-to-column col-end) nil))))))))
2af3a0e3 529
f9f9507e 530;;;###autoload
2af3a0e3 531(defun reverse-region (beg end)
532 "Reverse the order of lines in a region.
533From a program takes two point or marker arguments, BEG and END."
534 (interactive "r")
535 (if (> beg end)
536 (let (mid) (setq mid end end beg beg mid)))
537 (save-excursion
538 ;; put beg at the start of a line and end and the end of one --
539 ;; the largest possible region which fits this criteria
540 (goto-char beg)
541 (or (bolp) (forward-line 1))
542 (setq beg (point))
543 (goto-char end)
544 ;; the test for bolp is for those times when end is on an empty line;
545 ;; it is probably not the case that the line should be included in the
546 ;; reversal; it isn't difficult to add it afterward.
547 (or (and (eolp) (not (bolp))) (progn (forward-line -1) (end-of-line)))
548 (setq end (point-marker))
549 ;; the real work. this thing cranks through memory on large regions.
550 (let (ll (do t))
551 (while do
552 (goto-char beg)
553 (setq ll (cons (buffer-substring (point) (progn (end-of-line) (point)))
554 ll))
555 (setq do (/= (point) end))
556 (delete-region beg (if do (1+ (point)) (point))))
557 (while (cdr ll)
558 (insert (car ll) "\n")
559 (setq ll (cdr ll)))
560 (insert (car ll)))))
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561
562(provide 'sort)
563
cbee283d 564;; arch-tag: fbac12be-2a7b-4c8a-9665-264d61f70bd9
c88ab9ce 565;;; sort.el ends here