Sort text by chunks

[e2o]

Hey there!

Using BBEdit’s built-in tools, is it possible to alphabetically sort chunks of text by non-indented header lines, keeping the indented content together with the non-indented heading? For example

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BEFORE SORT:

Oranges
Navel
Mandarin
several types

Tomatos
Heirloom
see notes
Cherry

Apples
Honey Crisp
the best
Golden Delicious
not so good

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AFTER SORT:

Apples
Honey Crisp
the best
Golden Delicious
not so good

Oranges
Navel
Mandarin
several types

Tomatos
Heirloom
see notes
Cherry

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Thanks!

- eric

[Tom Robinson]

You can do something like:

1. replace <return><tab> with ‘x’ (where ‘x’ doesn’t appear in your document)

2. sort the lines

3. replace ‘x’ with <return><tab>

Which you can make into a Text Factory if you’ll be doing it often.

Hold down option when pressing enter or tab in the find dialog to enter that as a search character.

Cheers

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[e2o]

Sweet! Thanks!