Re: How to alphabetasize sections?

[Emanuel Berg]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

>> One way is to add (or augment) the local variables
>> block in the file to read: % Local variables: %
>> paragraph-separate: "\\section" % End: then save,
>> then revert, then mark the region around all the
>> \section (and text), and type ‘M-x sort-paragraphs
>> RET’.
>
> Another way is to do search and replace (M-%):
> \\section with ^L \\section
>
> Then use sort-pages. Finally M-% again to get rid of
> the ^Ls.

That's very creative, both of you, but isn't the best
way to move all the sections to separate files and then
put one-line references in the "motherfile", and simply
sort those with `sort-lines'?

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