Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Re: Re: Re: :sort in .tsv file

Subject: Re: :sort in .tsv file
On Mo, 17 Nov 2025, 'c.willis111 ' via vim_use wrote: > the /pattern/ feature of sort doesn't work if the recognized filetype is > .tsv (which gives alternate colours for successive fields). What exactly do you mean by this? Thanks, Christian -- 

 

Hi Christian

 

I have the .csv plugin.

 

When I use the pattern in the vim :sort command, it does not work as expected.

 

I was mistaken in an earlier message. I am sure this is due to the plugin. If I copy the file I am working on to a, so that the plugin no longer recognizes it as a .tsv, the sort works as I had expected originally. I then have to copy my result back to the .tsv file.

 

 

The question was, is there a neater way of using the vim sort.

 

regards - Chris

 

Hi Christian

 

it seems that if I type

 

  :filetype plugin off

 

before my sort command, the sort works, despite the screen still showing the plugin layout. (Despite the fact that I still need to use the letter keys for extending the line visual area, rather than the cursor keys).

 

regards - Chris

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