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"Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes:

> I guess it's there, but I couldn't find it.

[...]

> I.e. not really simple text. I want to sort it alphabetically (ASCII
> based say), and I can't find out how?

Huh?  Use the menu Help/Search Documentation/Find Commands by Name
and type "^sort" into it.  This spews out various sort commands.

>  I had to mail it to myself, open in a windows editor, sort it, then mail
> it back to myself!

Please take a look at the "Help" menu.

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum