Issue #108: sorting modules etc is off by default, switch back on using 'sort_modules=true'. Section lookup in docs was borked, fixed by stripping any extra whitespace before section titles

ldoc.lua

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ local ldoc_contents = {
    'readme','all','manual_url', 'ignore', 'colon', 'sort', 'module_file','vars',
    'boilerplate','merge', 'wrap', 'not_luadoc', 'template_escape','merge_error_groups',
    'no_return_or_parms','no_summary','full_description','backtick_references', 'custom_see_handler',
-   'no_space_before_args','parse_extra','no_lua_ref',
+   'no_space_before_args','parse_extra','no_lua_ref','sort_modules',
 }
 ldoc_contents = tablex.makeset(ldoc_contents)
 
@@ -544,9 +544,11 @@ if not args.all and not ldoc.all then
    end
 end
 
-table.sort(module_list,function(m1,m2)
-   return m1.name < m2.name
-end)
+if ldoc.sort_modules then
+   table.sort(module_list,function(m1,m2)
+      return m1.name < m2.name
+   end)
+end
 
 ldoc.single = modcount == 1 and first_module or nil
 

ldoc/markup.lua

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ end
 function markup.add_sections(F, txt)
    local sections, L, first = {}, 1, true
    local title_pat
+   local lstrip = stringx.lstrip
    for line in stringx.lines(txt) do
       if first then
          local level,header = line:match '^(#+)%s*(.+)'
@@ -67,14 +68,14 @@ function markup.add_sections(F, txt)
             level = '##'
          end
          title_pat = '^'..level..'([^#]%s*.+)'
-         title_pat = stringx.lstrip(title_pat)
+         title_pat = lstrip(title_pat)
          first = false
       end
       local title = line:match (title_pat)
       if title then
          -- Markdown does allow this pattern
          title = title:gsub('%s*#+$','')
-         sections[L] = F:add_document_section(title)
+         sections[L] = F:add_document_section(lstrip(title))
       end
       L = L + 1
    end