Re: [Orgmode] Suggestion for org-sort

[Carsten Dominik]

On Dec 8, 2007, at 10:11 PM, Chris Leyon wrote:

> I ran into this behavior while sorting table lines but it may happen
> elsewhere too.  In a nutshell, I'd like to alphabetical-sort (C-c ^ a)
>
> | alpha |
> | [[file:beta][beta]] |
> | gamma |
>
> into the order shown, but currently the "beta" line sorts less than
> "alpha".  I can't claim it's a bug--the behavior is
> understandable--but perhaps the sort function can be enhanced to only
> look at the link description, if present.

This does make sense.  However, I am planning to rewrite the sorting
part for table anyway, making use of the sorting function John
has recently introduced into Org-mode.  So this is now on my list,
put probably not yet for the next release.

Thanks.

- Carsten