.def alpha
   cols = api.args.first
   cols = "1" if cols == ""
   cols = cols.to_i
   raise "Columns must be 1-5" unless cols.between?(1,5)
   text = api.body.join("\n")
   text.gsub!(/\n/, " ")
   words = text.split.sort
   words.each_slice(cols) do |row| 
     row.each {|w| api.out! '%-15s' % w }
     api.out
   end
   api.optional_blank_line
.end
Here is an alphabetized list:

.alpha 3
fishmonger anarchist aardvark glyph gryphon
halcyon zymurgy mataeotechny zootrope
pareidolia manicotti quark bellicose anamorphic
cytology fusillade ectomorph
.end


And that is all.