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authorJuanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>2006-11-03 15:43:58 +0000
committerJuanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>2006-11-03 15:43:58 +0000
commit7075e9c8eea4c9cc3c38805b14b80130585983f3 (patch)
tree315e65a7058eb1669e81c58638ab76033c0a17ee /lisp/sort.el
parent9861d11e7eb3767e7ebedf075883f652541eda73 (diff)
downloademacs-7075e9c8eea4c9cc3c38805b14b80130585983f3.tar.gz
Reword comment.
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diff --git a/lisp/sort.el b/lisp/sort.el
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--- a/lisp/sort.el
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@@ -505,10 +505,8 @@ Use \\[untabify] to convert tabs to spaces before sorting."
;; Use the sort utility if we can; it is 4 times as fast.
;; Do not use it if there are any non-font-lock properties
;; in the region, since the sort utility would lose the
- ;; properties.
- ;; Set the field separator to tab to have the same effect as
- ;; sort-columns which makes sure there are no tabs in the region
- ;; worked.
+ ;; properties. Tabs are used as field separator; on NetBSD,
+ ;; sort complains if "\n" is used as field separator.
(let ((sort-args (list (if reverse "-rt\t" "-t\t")
(format "-k1.%d,1.%d"
(1+ col-start)