John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> I can't reproduce your problem.
>
> If I put the cursor on any one of these lines and type C-c ^, it asks me how to sort the list.
>
> - 5
> - 3
> - 1
>
> John

Hi John, thanks for the reply. Using your sample I do 'Ctrl-c &
Shift 6'. I have to do it this way as the '^' character is above the
6, and if I don't do that then I just get a '6'!

This is with 'Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @
/home/boudiccas/git/org-mode/lisp/)' and 'GNU Emacs 24.5.50.1
(i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) of 2015-04-16 on london'.

Thanks
Sharon.

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> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> wrote:
>
>     I've been unable to sort an unordered list as per
>     http://orgmode.org/manual/Plain-lists.html where it says 'C-c ^' but
>     everytime I try on a highlighted region it just inserts ^ at the
>     beginning of the first item.
>    
>     So how can I sort it please?
>    
>     Thanks
>     Sharon.
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