Feature request: natural sorting

[Thany]

I couldn't find this in the help file, so I just assume it hasn't been implemented. For those out there who don't know what natural sorting is, consider the following lists:

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1   1
10  2
11  3
12  4
2   5
20  10
21  11
3   12
4   20
5   21

The left list is "alphanumerical" or "binary" sorting. It's very simply comparing two strings, also very fast. The right list is the more modern "natural" sorting, only a tiny bit slower. The Windows Explorer in XP uses this by default, and more and more programs implement this algortihm, just because the resulting sorted list looks natural.

Christian, if you want Delphi code for the natural sorting algorithm, I can post it here or mail it to you, whatever you prefer.

[Lefteous]

2Thany

Have you tried SortUpper=2?

[Thany]

In the INI file or something? Lemme see... Ah yes.

Well, it should become an option in the options dialog then, because you can't tell a novice user to hack something in an INI file (believe me, I tried once).

[Clo]

2Lefteous

Have you tried SortUpper=2?

 Hello Lefteous!

• Nice tip! Thank you, that works even under Win 98SE!

• I've not in the Help, Ch. G. forgot to update, I've only " '1/0", but not "2"

V G
Clo

[Horst.Epp]

2Lefteous

Have you tried SortUpper=2?

 Hello Lefteous!
...
• I've not in the Help, Ch. G. forgot to update, I've only " '1/0", but not "2"

V G
Clo

Its in the help, at least if you have the actual version.

[Clo]

2Horst.Epp
Hi!
• Isn't in the French version - I translate it-. I can't add that is missing in the texts I receive from the Author...
• I did this at the moment - in the French Tutorial, I noticed for the others-...

KR
Clo

[pdavit]

Well, it should become an option in the options dialog then, because you can't tell a novice user to hack something in an INI file (believe me, I tried once).

Check this out: http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=934 (for historical reasons!)

Your request has been asked before (actually by me) in the beta testing forum (which I'm not allowed to include here the details). In a round up, Christian thought the feature is too specific and/or not many users will use it so that an option in the configurations or a shortcut of some kind should be justified.

I can vividly remember mentioning that the feature is not even included in the "what's new" section of the help file despite its importance and that it can be easily missed out by new users. I guess Christian doesn't want to take credit for his hard work! Oh, well!...