romainl/sort.vim

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Sort operator

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	function! Sort(type, ...)
	'[,']sort
	endfunction
	nmap <silent> <key> :set opfunc=Sort<CR>g@

	" usage:
	" <key>ip
	" <key>G

deurzen commented May 13, 2019

Alternatively: !<motion/textobject>sort<enter> to leverage GNU coreutils sort. For example: !ipsort<CR>.

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romainl commented Jan 12, 2020

Indeed but :help :sort has a few tricks up its sleeve that GNU sort or BSD sort don't, and it's built-in so it can be used anywhere.

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