wrong sorting order of numerical filenames

[Serge]

Hello.
I think sorting order of numerical filenames in e2 is wrong.
Please see attached screenshot.

[Arve Barsnes]

Post by Serge
Hello.
I think sorting order of numerical filenames in e2 is wrong.
Please see attached screenshot.
Well, it treats a string of numbers as one big number instead of several

numbers. I've seen this many places, and believe it to be a feature of many
similar programs.

[t***@onepost.net]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:15:01 +0400

Post by Serge
I think sorting order of numerical filenames in e2 is wrong.
Please see attached screenshot.

Name-comparison essentially revolves around library function g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename(). The latter causes some quirks such as you've described.

Regards
Tom

[Serge]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:53:10 +1100

Post by t***@onepost.net
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:15:01 +0400

Post by Serge
I think sorting order of numerical filenames in e2 is wrong.
Please see attached screenshot.

Name-comparison essentially revolves around library function
g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename(). The latter causes some quirks such
as you've described.
Regards
Tom

As far as i remember (same "bug" in mc long ago), g_utf8_collate_key()
must be used instead of g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename() for normal
alphabetical sorting.
Sorting in all other programs i have is "normal")

[t***@onepost.net]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 02:52:37 +0400

Post by Serge
On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:53:10 +1100

Post by t***@onepost.net
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:15:01 +0400

Post by Serge
I think sorting order of numerical filenames in e2 is wrong.
Please see attached screenshot.

Name-comparison essentially revolves around library function
g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename(). The latter causes some quirks such
as you've described.

As far as i remember (same "bug" in mc long ago), g_utf8_collate_key()
must be used instead of g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename() for normal
alphabetical sorting.
Sorting in all other programs i have is "normal")

Use of g_utf8_collate_key() may deal with the problem you're reporting, but causes other(s), especially no distinction between filename 'base' and extension.

In past times I considered trying to get glib maintainers to fix their algorithm (IIRC it partitions the filename into alphanum-separated parts, then works on the parts independently) but I came to the view that the dev's don't take much notice of such things.

Regards
Tom