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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="gedit-plugins-sort">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="gedit-plugin-guide#gedit-default-plugins"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/>
<revision version="3.24" date="2017-09-17" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Daniel Neel</name>
<email>dneelyep@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Jim Campbell</name>
<email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Sindhu S</name>
<email>sindhus@live.in</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Sort lines of text into alphabetical order.</desc>
</info>
<title>Sort</title>
<p>The Sort plugin arranges selected lines of text into alphabetical
order.</p>
<section id="enable-sort">
<title>Enable Sort Plugin</title>
<p>To enable the <app>Sort</app> plugin:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">gedit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
<gui style="tab">Plugins</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Sort</gui> to enable the plugin.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="using-sort">
<title>Using Sort Plugin</title>
<p>To use the <gui>Sort</gui> plugin:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Select the desired lines of text.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Tools</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Sort…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>The <gui>Sort</gui> dialog will open, allowing you to choose between
several sorting options:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p><gui>Reverse order</gui> will arrange the text in reverse
alphabetical order.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><gui>Remove duplicates</gui> will remove duplicate values from
the list.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><gui>Ignore case</gui> will ignore case sensitivity.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>To have the sort ignore the characters at the start of the
lines, set the first character that should be used for sorting in
the <gui>Start at</gui> column spin box.</p>
</note>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>To perform the sort operation, click <gui>Sort</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
</page>
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