What is the fastest way to sort a paragraph?

Question

You can reflow a paragraph with gqip (or gqap).

Is the fastest way to sort a paragraph vip:sort<cr>? Or is there some shorter keystroke for sorting?

Answer 1

You could define a "sort lines" operator like this:

function! s:SortLinesOpFunc(...)
    '[,']sort
endfunction

nnoremap <silent> \s :<C-u>set operatorfunc=<SID>SortLinesOpFunc<CR>g@

\sip will sort the paragraph under the cursor and, in general, \s{motion} will sort the lines moved over by {motion}, inclusively.

See :help :map-operator.

Answer 2

You can create a simple normal mode mapping:

nnoremap <key> :'{,'}sort<CR>

usage from normal mode: <key>

or a more flexible visual mode mapping:

xnoremap <key> :sort<CR>

usage from normal mode: vip<key>