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