Sort lines of text into alphabetical order.
Zander Brown
zbrown@gnome.org 2020

# Sort

The Sort plug-in arranges selected lines of text into alphabetical order.

# Enable Sort Plug-in

To enable the Sort plug-in:

Select gedit Preferences Plug-ins.

Select Sort to enable the plug-in.

# Using Sort Plug-in

To use the Sort plug-in:

Select the desired lines of text.

Select Tools Sort….

The Sort dialogue will open, allowing you to choose between several sorting options:

Reverse order will arrange the text in reverse alphabetical order.

Remove duplicates will remove duplicate values from the list.

Ignore case will ignore case sensitivity.

To have the sort ignore the characters at the start of the lines, set the first character that should be used for sorting in the Start at column spin box.

To perform the sort operation, click Sort.