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index e7707ca0d..c3bacf940 100644
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+++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ sin({expr}) Float sine of {expr}
sinh({expr}) Float hyperbolic sine of {expr}
slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) String, List or Blob
slice of a String, List or Blob
-sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]])
- List sort {list}, using {func} to compare
+sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]])
+ List sort {list}, compare with {how}
sound_clear() none stop playing all sounds
sound_playevent({name} [, {callback}])
Number play an event sound
@@ -8033,21 +8033,22 @@ slice({expr}, {start} [, {end}]) *slice()*
GetList()->slice(offset)
-sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
+sort({list} [, {how} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
Sort the items in {list} in-place. Returns {list}.
If you want a list to remain unmodified make a copy first: >
:let sortedlist = sort(copy(mylist))
-< When {func} is omitted, is empty or zero, then sort() uses the
+< When {how} is omitted or is an string, then sort() uses the
string representation of each item to sort on. Numbers sort
after Strings, |Lists| after Numbers. For sorting text in the
current buffer use |:sort|.
- When {func} is given and it is '1' or 'i' then case is
- ignored.
+ When {how} is given and it is 'i' then case is ignored.
+ In legacy script, for backwards compatibility, the value one
+ can be used to ignore case. Zero means to not ignore case.
- When {func} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation
+ When {how} is given and it is 'l' then the current collation
locale is used for ordering. Implementation details: strcoll()
is used to compare strings. See |:language| check or set the
collation locale. |v:collate| can also be used to check the
@@ -8064,19 +8065,19 @@ sort({list} [, {func} [, {dict}]]) *sort()* *E702*
< ['n', 'o', 'O', 'p', 'z', 'รถ'] ~
This does not work properly on Mac.
- When {func} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
+ When {how} is given and it is 'n' then all items will be
sorted numerical (Implementation detail: this uses the
strtod() function to parse numbers, Strings, Lists, Dicts and
Funcrefs will be considered as being 0).
- When {func} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
+ When {how} is given and it is 'N' then all items will be
sorted numerical. This is like 'n' but a string containing
digits will be used as the number they represent.
- When {func} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
+ When {how} is given and it is 'f' then all items will be
sorted numerical. All values must be a Number or a Float.
- When {func} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
+ When {how} is a |Funcref| or a function name, this function
is called to compare items. The function is invoked with two
items as argument and must return zero if they are equal, 1 or
bigger if the first one sorts after the second one, -1 or