Red Suggestion: Make group sorting obey region/process/prefix convention

Red Suggestion: Make group sorting obey region/process/prefix convention

[Per Abrahamsen]

Sometimes I'd like to sort a sequence of groups.  It would be nice to
be able to do that by simply highligting the region with the mouse and
sort it, or if I wasn't using transient-mark-mode, by marking the
groups with the prefix mark before sorting.

Re: Red Suggestion: Make group sorting obey region/process/prefix convention

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

abraham@dina.kvl.dk (Per Abrahamsen) writes:

> Sometimes I'd like to sort a sequence of groups.  It would be nice to
> be able to do that by simply highligting the region with the mouse and
> sort it, or if I wasn't using transient-mark-mode, by marking the
> groups with the prefix mark before sorting.

Yes, that would be useful.  I've now added this to the Red Gnus todo
list.  

Hmn.  Here's an example group buffer:

           0: gnu.emacs.gnus
           0: no.general
*          0: gnus-bug
           4: mail.ding
           0: no.alt.diskusjoner
           0: no.alt.katter

Now, I want to sort the "no" groups.  I process-mark them and press
the sort key.  What happens?  Do the all get inserted after the first
"no" group?  

           0: gnu.emacs.gnus
           0: no.alt.diskusjoner
           0: no.alt.katter
           0: no.general
*          0: gnus-bug
           4: mail.ding

Do they keep their "slots"?

           0: gnu.emacs.gnus
           0: no.alt.diskusjoner
*          0: gnus-bug
           4: mail.ding
           0: no.alt.katter
           0: no.general

Or what?  

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