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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"/>
+ <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>