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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/sort.el | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/sort.el b/lisp/sort.el index d4131e7825b..61a35b635c6 100644 --- a/lisp/sort.el +++ b/lisp/sort.el @@ -455,8 +455,12 @@ Use \\[untabify] to convert tabs to spaces before sorting." (setq col-end (max col-beg1 col-end1)) (if (search-backward "\t" beg1 t) (error "sort-columns does not work with tabs. Use M-x untabify.")) - (if (not (eq system-type 'vax-vms)) + (if (not (or (eq system-type 'vax-vms) + (text-properties-at beg1) + (< (next-property-change beg1 nil end1) end1))) ;; Use the sort utility if we can; it is 4 times as fast. + ;; Do not use it if there are any properties in the region, + ;; since the sort utility would lose the properties. (call-process-region beg1 end1 "sort" t t nil (if reverse "-rt\n" "-t\n") (concat "+0." col-start) |