[K12OSN] alpha-numeric sorting in nautilus

"Terrell Prudé Jr." microman at cmosnetworks.com
Fri Dec 5 19:13:42 UTC 2008


Rob Owens wrote:
> Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote:
>   
>> Rob Owens wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm trying to use Nautilus to find drawings by their filename in a large
>>> directory.  For some reason they don't come out in proper order.  For
>>> instance, this is how Nautilus sorts these files by name:
>>>
>>> 002-009-001--revH.pdf
>>> 03950T2-S749--revG.pdf
>>> 006037S.pdf
>>>
>>> (note that these are all zeros, and not "oh's")
>>>
>>> I've tried a few file managers (both Linux and Windows) and they all
>>> sort the files in this order.  Konqueror is the only exception.  It
>>> sorts properly -- the same way that 'ls' sorts.
>>>
>>> I'd like for my users to be able to use Nautilus.  Is there a way to
>>> correct it's screwed-up alphabetizing?
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>>   
>>>       
>> More info:
>>
>>   http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=3469
>>
>>     
> I think you sent me the wrong link.  This link has to do with setting up
> a Samba server...
>
> -Rob
>
>   

You're right.  I missed a "9" at the end.  Here's the right one.

  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34699

--TP

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