Re: [Help] How to ONLY sort part of a file and keep the format?

On Fri, September 14, 2012 02:56, ping wrote:
> On 9/13/2012 3:21 PM, Christian Brabandt wrote:
>> Hi William!
>>
>> On Fr, 14 Sep 2012, William Fugh wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> As the title. How to sort only the non-TAB-beginning line(s) of a
>>> TAB-Based
>>> file like the below and keep the format? thanks!
>>> #
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Origin:
>>> #
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> for openers
>>> want out
>>> a load of old cobblers
>>> want for
>>> 5. one
>>> 6. two
>>> 7. three
>>> muck about
>>> muck around
>>> 20. one
>>> 21. two
>>> 22. three
>>> bottom on
>>> 24. one
>>> 25. two
>>> 26. three
>>> lark around
>>> lark about
>>> darkred
>>> 29. one
>>> 30. two
>>> 31. three
>>> #
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Expect to see after sorting:
>>> #
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> a load of old cobblers
>>> for openers
>>> want for
>>> want out
>>> 5. one
>>> 6. two
>>> 7. three
>>> muck about
>>> muck around
>>> 20. one
>>> 21. two
>>> 22. three
>>> bottom on
>>> 24. one
>>> 25. two
>>> 26. three
>>> darkred
>>> lark about
>>> lark around
>>> 29. one
>>> 30. two
>>> 31. three
>>> #
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I think, this will do:
>> :v/^^I/.,/^^I/-sort
>>
>> where ^I is a literal tab.
>>
>>
>> regards,
>> Christian
>>
>
> interestingly, I tested it, this doesn't give the expected result.
>
> //screen capture (that ^I is ctrl-v ctrl-i)
> 1 for openers
> 2 want out
> 3 a load of old cobblers
> 4 want for
> 5 5. one
> 6 6. two
> 7 7. three
> 8 muck about
> 9 muck around
> 10 20. one
> 11 21. two
> 12 22. three
> 13 bottom on
> 14 24. one
> 15 25. two
> 16 26. three
> 17 lark around
> 18 lark about
> 19 darkred
> 20 29. one
> 21 30. two
> 22 31. three
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> ~
> :v/^^I/.,/^^I/-sort
>
> maybe we need that range-end (/^^I/) to be one line back?

I can't reproduce it and it works for me.

BTW: the range .,/^\t/- already backs up one line, see :h :range

regards,
Christian

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