Flatten a hierarchical list & sort (Lorin Rivers)

[Brian C.]

Greg might be able to correct me on this one, but since he and his wife 
just had their first child, I'm not sure we'll get an answer right 
away. =)

At this point, I'm not sure one can trigger a sort from AppleScript. 
I'm writing up a feature request that we enable that in a future 
revision.

If you have any other questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate 
to contact me. When replying, please include the quoted text of this 
message. We really appreciate your help!

Sincerely,

Brian C.
Support Manager
Omni Group



On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 12:01  PM, 
omnioutliner-users-request at omnigroup.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 20:58:18 -0500
> Subject: Flatten a hierarchical list & sort
> From: Lorin Rivers <lrivers at realsoftware.com>
> To: <omnioutliner-users at omnigroup.com>
>
> I have a hierarchical list (a lengthy and detailed to-do list) with an
> additional numeric column (a priority). I want to sort on that column 
> and
> have the top n things appear (possibly in a new list) in a 
> non-hierarchical
> way.
>
> I looked at the Scripting Dictionary, but I am baffled by 
> AppleScript...
>
> Clue me?
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