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Thanks, that worked. I was trusting the column count at the bottom of the textpad window; it reported 24 columns was enough. You're right, it took 45 columns to include the year.

Here's the same data, \t -> \$

The sort command above should put these into ascending order by year. It doesn't. I am getting the sort by manufacturer, sub sort by cc's, then sub-sub sort by model name, but the year is random.

We sort on (1 manufacturer) (2 engine displacement) (3 model name, but ...

Below is a file which does not get sorted correctly.

the sort parameters are <C1 L6> <C49 L4> <C17 L24>, all ascending, all case sensitive.

Sample data: (includes tabs)

APRILIA 750 Shiver 750cc 2009 57035
APRILIA 750 Shiver 750cc 2008 57035
APRILIA 750 Shiver 750cc 2012 57035
APRILIA 750 Shiver ...

Hi guys,

I'm a licensed, paid user of Textpad v5.3.

When I hit "reformat" on an HTML file, you guys are willing to put line breaks before any "<". Since this could be the start of a <sup> or <sub> in a math expression, a space is not allowable here.

mark@calsci.com