Richmond.
The "key" field lists the chars of interest, however many there are. I sorted those alphabetically before prepending to the "main" sorted list just because it seemed appropriate.
Can you modify my handler to maintain the key order? Let me know if you need a hand.
Craig
Alphabeticising a word list?
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Re: Alphabeticising a word list?
feeling extremely sorry for myself at the moment, so this will have to wait: but it will be first on my list once I am up and about again.I suspect that after I have recovered from a rather nasty bout of 'flu
Re: Alphabeticising a word list?
Here is a version for custom sort that lets you define the alphabet used and which letters take precedence when sorting.
It sorts not only the first letter but sorts all letters of a word according to the preferences.
Could not test it with old slavonic since I have not access to an old slavonic alphabet nor do I have old slavonic text.
All code is in the button as well as some explanations.
Kind regards
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It sorts not only the first letter but sorts all letters of a word according to the preferences.
Could not test it with old slavonic since I have not access to an old slavonic alphabet nor do I have old slavonic text.
All code is in the button as well as some explanations.
Kind regards
Bend
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