Re: [Nautilus-list] bug or feature? file list order

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On Friday, May 25, 2001, at 01:39  PM, Jens Ansorg wrote:

> just noticed an something odd:
>
> i have some files and directories whose names start with _ (underscore)
>
> Now, nautilus kind of ignores this "letter" and sorts the files/dirs
> using the following letter, i.e.
>
> admin
> cgi-bin
> _diary
> graphics
> _links
> styles
> _travel
>
> what I would expect is an sort order like
>
> _diary
> _links
> _travel
> admin
> cgi-bin
> ... etc.
>
> at least that seems logical to me and that's what I'm used from other
> OSes
>
> any chance to change this behaviour?

Interesting. I didn't expect this strange sorting rule, but the sorting 
rule comes from the underlying glibc sorting functions, specifically 
strcoll, and depends on the locale. If necessary, we can add a layer on 
top of strcoll that overrides this strange behavior.

You might want to make yourself a test program and verify that the strcoll 
on your glibc has this behavior.

    -- Darin