>> I think that optional numerical filename sorting would be a
>> great thing in the repobrowser(maybe as the default sorting
>> aswell).
>> I am wondering if somebody else finds this useful?
>
> Useful yes, but that feature doesn't come for free. You would need a
> parser that intelligently detects which part of a string is numerical and
> then apply numerical sorting to these bits, after having sorted 'by text' first.
> Too much effort for just a little gain.
Joakim, don't be too discouraged by the answer. I'm pretty sure that Stefan would include a patch if you would submit one.
Even if a function would be to much work for to little gain for most, someone might find it important enough to implement. The power of open source! :-)
Hans-Emil
Received on Tue Apr 11 09:16:36 2006