[bug #18767] Panel sort order: fallback to name

[Egmont Koblinger <INVALID NOREPLY gnu org>]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?18767>

                 Summary: Panel sort order: fallback to name
                 Project: GNU Midnight Commander
            Submitted by: egmont
            Submitted on: Friday 01/12/2007 at 14:49
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: current (CVS or snapshot)
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

When sorting by a property that can be the same for different files (e.g.
file size), files having the same value are sorted strangely.

When you just change the sorting method from name to e.g. size, files of the
same size remain sorted by name. If you change directory, or simply press ^R
to reload the panel, these files will be sorted randomly (in fact I guess in
file system order). So a simple ^R changes the order, even though nothing
changed on the file system. This is quite strange, and IMHO not the expected
behavior.

IMHO sorting should always fallback to name, when their size/date/whatever is
the same.

PS. Does the "Unsorted" (file system order) option has any meaning in
practice? I don't think so.





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