Ignore TODO keywords and Priorities when sorting headlines.

This applies to numeric and alphanumeric sorting.

ORGWEBPAGE/Changes.org

@@ -15,18 +15,19 @@
 :VISIBILITY: content
 :END:
 
-* Incompatible changes
-*** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
-    The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
-    remember process is not interpetred differently:
+** Incompatible changes
 
-    :C-c C-c       Store the note to predefined file and headline
-    :C-1 C-c C-c   Select the storage location interactively
-    :C-0 C-c C-c   Re-use the last used location
-    :C-u C-c C-c   Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
-    :              in its new location.
+**** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
+     The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
+     remember process is not interpetred differently:
 
-    This was requested by John Wiegley.
+     :C-c C-c       Store the note to predefined file and headline
+     :C-1 C-c C-c   Select the storage location interactively
+     :C-0 C-c C-c   Re-use the last used location
+     :C-u C-c C-c   Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
+     :              in its new location.
+
+     This was requested by John Wiegley.
 
 
 ** Details
@@ -43,6 +44,10 @@
 
     This was requested by John Wiegley.
 
+*** Sorting entries now ignores the TODO keyword and the priority
+    Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
+    keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
+    string.  This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
 
 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries that at some time in the future.
     This was a request by Richard G Rigley.

lisp/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-09-04  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
+
+	* org.el (org-sort-entries-or-items): Make numeric and alpha
+	comparisons ignore any TODO keyword and priority cookie.
+
+	* org-remember.el (org-remember-handler): Reinterpretation of the
+	prefix argument.
+
 2008-09-03  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
 	* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-scheduled): Use new

lisp/org.el

@@ -5300,13 +5300,13 @@ WITH-CASE, the sorting considers case as well."
 	   (lambda nil
 	     (cond
 	      ((= dcst ?n)
-	       (if (looking-at outline-regexp)
-		   (string-to-number (buffer-substring (match-end 0)
-						       (point-at-eol)))
+	       (if (looking-at org-complex-heading-regexp)
+		   (string-to-number (match-string 4))
 		 nil))
 	      ((= dcst ?a)
-	       (funcall case-func (buffer-substring (point-at-bol)
-						    (point-at-eol))))
+	       (if (looking-at org-complex-heading-regexp)
+		   (funcall case-func (match-string 4))
+		 nil))
 	      ((= dcst ?t)
 	       (if (re-search-forward org-ts-regexp
 				      (save-excursion