Sort

Extension for nova.app that allows you to perform simple sorting on selections.

Usage

Currently you can sort in 6 different ways:

• Sort inline
• Sort inline (case sensitive)
• Sort lines alphanumerically
• Sort lines alphanumerically (case sensitive)
• Sort lines based on length
• Sort lines based on length (reversed)

Examples

// 1. Sort inline
cba120 --> 012abc

// if case sensitive
cba120CBA --> 012aAbBcC

// 2. Sort inline (multiline)
cba
210
// Becomes
abc
012

// 3. Sort lines (case sensitive)
ABC
abc
123
// Becomes
123
abc
ABC

// and
ABC1
abc2
// Becomes
ABC1
abc2 // the numbers matter more than the case.

// It is worth mentioning that because the use case for the sorting is programming
// we do not take into account numbers currently. Meaning that:
1
2
10
// Becomes
1
10
2

// 4. Sort lines (case insensitive)
ABC
abc
123
// Becomes
123
ABC
abc

// 5. Sort lines based on length
aaa
aa
a
// Becomes
a
aa
aaa

// 6. Sort lines (length reversed)
b
bbb
bb
bbbb
// Becomes
bbbb
bbb
bb
b

Sorting

Behind the scenes we are using the Intl.Collator for the sorting. Since we are not hardcoding the locale I suspect the sorting will actually be slightly different depending on your locale and the language you are sorting, but I am not sure. If this is the case that's fantastic!. If you can confirm or deny this please open an issue with some examples.

Version 2.2.0 (2023-04-16)

Spring cleaning.

• [MAINTENANCE] Node 18, Add @chrisdl as codeowner, update npm packages, update github actions versions. #17
• [MAINTENANCE] Fix variable name readability issue deepsource was complaining about. #16

Version 2.1.0 (2022-04-27)

Attempt to detect numeric (currently very basic, works only if you are sorting numbers, not strings of numbers for example) values in what is being sorted and add the numeric: true configuration to the Intl.Collator sorter to make it sort the numbers properly.

• [FEATURE] Add numeric detection #14

Version 2.0.0 (2022-01-24)

This version changes how the sorting works. We used to use the built in javascript .sort() but it behaved in a way that users did not find intuitive (especially regarding uppercase vs lowercase). This version uses a new sorting algorithm (which you can see in utils.js) that uses the Intl.Collator for better sorting. It also adds a case-insensitive mode.

• [FEATURE] Updating the sorting algorithm to use Intl.Collator #12
• [FEATURE] Adds case insensitive sorting. #12
• [DOCS] Update docs to be very specific about what sorting behavior users can expect #12

Version 1.3.7 (2021-01-21)

• [FEATURE] New Logo Yay! #9
• [DOCS] Adding gif to readme to show usage. #10
• [DOCS] Adding some examples to the readme. #11

Version 1.3.3 (2020-11-20)

• [FEATURE] remove the stupid --> arrows from the command names. #3
• [DEV] adding eslint and standardjs. #2
• Switching to semver.
• [FEATURE] Support for sorting across multiple ranges. #1

Version 1.2 (2020-10-27)

Added a picture to readme to make it more obvious what the extension does.

Version 1.1 (2020-10-17)

Readme updates.

Version 1.0 (2020-10-17)

Initial release.