I like Textmate\'s \"Sort Lines in Selection\" feature a lot. Is there something similar for Xcode 4? If not, what would be the best way to integrate such a feature (a plugin, A
How
In TextMate, open the bundle and see how they have implemented it ;)
Specifically, they have used sort -f
for that command.
In Xcode
Xc4 doesn't offer external commands, but Xc3 did... what version are you using?
Here's an overview for Xc3's script system: http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.23/23.01/2301XCode/index.html
Xc4 allows you to run an external script via Behaviours, but you cannot pass or return text/selection.
AppleScript
You may be able to do it with AppleScript... every time I have tried to do anything nontrivial with AS + Xcode, it didn't work out very reliably (if at all). But that was with Xc3 - locating what you need may be easier with Xc4 (unified UI and all).
I just use TextMate for this.