changeset 73655:b63188c3288d

Reword comment.
author Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
date Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:43:58 +0000
parents 3c539f2ffdc3
children 1f2ec9976631
files lisp/sort.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/sort.el	Fri Nov 03 15:13:38 2006 +0000
+++ b/lisp/sort.el	Fri Nov 03 15:43:58 2006 +0000
@@ -505,10 +505,8 @@
 	  ;; Use the sort utility if we can; it is 4 times as fast.
 	  ;; Do not use it if there are any non-font-lock properties
 	  ;; in the region, since the sort utility would lose the
-	  ;; properties.
-	  ;; Set the field separator to tab to have the same effect as 
-	  ;; sort-columns which makes sure there are no tabs in the region
-	  ;; worked.
+	  ;; properties.  Tabs are used as field separator; on NetBSD,
+	  ;; sort complains if "\n" is used as field separator.
 	  (let ((sort-args (list (if reverse "-rt\t" "-t\t")
 				 (format "-k1.%d,1.%d"
 					 (1+ col-start)