(setq col-end (max col-beg1 col-end1))
(if (search-backward "\t" beg1 t)
(error "sort-columns does not work with tabs. Use M-x untabify."))
- (if (not (eq system-type 'vax-vms))
+ (if (not (or (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
+ (text-properties-at beg1)
+ (< (next-property-change beg1 nil end1) end1)))
;; Use the sort utility if we can; it is 4 times as fast.
+ ;; Do not use it if there are any properties in the region,
+ ;; since the sort utility would lose the properties.
(call-process-region beg1 end1 "sort" t t nil
(if reverse "-rt\n" "-t\n")
(concat "+0." col-start)