OK. I had a similar need—to preserve a manual sort order—and here’s my solution.
Attached is a script that prepends the number N plus some after-number string. (This string is conventionally ". " and I usually keep it as that, but in the off chance that any of your record names might begin with ". " I’ve set it to "⟩ " for you, since no normal human would ever use this in a DT record name.
Here’s the method:
- Give the script a name with an available hot key combo. Let’s use Prepend_Number___Cmd-Ctrl-Alt-O.scpt since that’s what I’ve set mine to.
- Save the attached script inside your personal DT AppleScripts folder:
~Library/Application Scripts/com.devon-technologies.think3/Menu/MY_SCRIPTS/ - Muti-select the records whose order you want preserved.
- Run the Prepend_Number script and click the Add button.
- You can now reproduce your manual sort inside any context by doing Sort by Name.
You’re now done. When you’re ready to remove the prepended numbers, for printing or export or whatever your end-goal is, multi-select the records as before and run the script again, this time clicking the Remove button.
Here’s the script: