Re: Space-sensitive sorting?

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J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) - fsmla xinara org wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 07:20:51 -0400, gnumeric-list 9 osterizer spamgourmet com wrote:
> > When sorting text in Gnumeric, it appears that whitespace is disregarded
> > during the sort,
>
> > I've looked for a preference to override this behavior, but couldn't find
> > one -- is there a way to force Gnumeric to consider spaces when sorting?
>
> Yes, use a locale with LC_COLLATE=C.
>
> HTH,
> Ray


Perfect!  I added LC_COLLATE=C to /etc/environment, logged out and back 
in, and the sort works exactly the way I wanted it.  Thanks very much 
for your help!

Heath