> One by one I have appended a number of lines to a register
> ("z). I need to sort them and then paste them at the start
> of the document.
> Without complaint, vim accepts the command :"zsort but the
> content of "z is unchanged. Is it possible to do this in the
> register, or must I paste it into the document and sort it there?
The quote (") in the command line is a comment, so the text
following the quote is ignored.
Use something like this to paste register z
"zp
Use this to sort the pasted lines:
:'[,']sort
The '[ and '] are marks for the first and last lines inserted by
the paste command.
John
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