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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="gedit-plugins-sort">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins"/>
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<desc>Sort lines of text into alphabetical order.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Sort</title>
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<p>The Sort plugin arranges selected lines of text into alphabetical
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order.</p>
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<section id="enable-sort">
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<title>Enable Sort Plugin</title>
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<p>To enable the <app>Sort</app> plugin:</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
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<gui style="tab">Plugins</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Sort</gui> to enable the plugin.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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<section id="using-sort">
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<title>Using Sort Plugin</title>
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<p>To use the <gui>Sort</gui> plugin:</p>
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<steps>
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<item>
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<p>Select the desired lines of text.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tools</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Sort…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>The <gui>Sort</gui> dialog will open, allowing you to choose between
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several sorting options:</p>
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<list>
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<item>
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<p><gui>Reverse order</gui> will arrange the text in reverse
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alphabetical order.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p><gui>Remove duplicates</gui> will remove duplicate values from
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the list.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p><gui>Ignore case</gui> will ignore case sensitivity.</p>
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<note style="tip">
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<p>To have the sort ignore the characters at the start of the
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lines, set the first character that should be used for sorting in
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the <gui>Start at</gui> column spin box.</p>
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</note>
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</item>
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</list>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>To perform the sort operation, click <gui>Sort</gui>.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</section>
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</page>
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