From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pierpaolo Bernardi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Human-readable file sorting Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:13:42 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87povs41xg.fsf@gnus.org> <87bn7c3yms.fsf@gnus.org> <83si0npxtn.fsf@gnu.org> <87si0nlirx.fsf@gnus.org> <8360xjpq91.fsf@gnu.org> <87oabbli5g.fsf@gnus.org> <831t87pnjo.fsf@gnu.org> <87d1rqkdx1.fsf@gnus.org> <87lh6dzc16.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456164830 7688 80.91.229.3 (22 Feb 2016 18:13:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 18:13:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , Eli Zaretskii , Emacs developers To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 22 19:13:50 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aXuzU-0008Sn-6Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:13:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51051 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXuzT-0000la-K4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:13:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXuzQ-0000lG-AQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:13:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXuzP-0006K8-Hf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:13:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22d]:34769) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXuzP-0006Jh-Dq; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 13:13:43 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id e185so137421602vkb.1; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:13:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=eiI4X3rijTiR2lNYGef8KLiDT/6QWG66IvuQhmYqlpA=; b=PlambKXBGZns4N1TPewapXy6PCYKsDbwnyYZxwKLGVysVQfvfZtFg7NJcufQ+1LU6V j37y36l0fc7rMWijAFeqYqm5fCxsISomyKx+MlbIjaSdTw5p+9Vyap3UTOBbNeuP6jwg ZLauVXVa+4ND+FftRZX4WwCbBqr3oWHGzsiI3j3btqX6xfBbS21JFxpURR3TJ/KvbQ9T wVfaikZU+npsxQjtIdbI+6hQfvyWKve3SoXrbwYW4uVVxIAzwfVVsDfFGKfBnimVrNVb /AdMKsDFXZQsgNpvq+whIBVPDJ0av+JEHNIrPoJSUEKrSG5rMhutMFTM+EHeUvPCDMkw s8sA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=eiI4X3rijTiR2lNYGef8KLiDT/6QWG66IvuQhmYqlpA=; b=jQHKvk2nyqIzptyGhS34xTqvuadP5AlnjW+YbfNTEvWKyp/mRCejLVVrKgfGKQqkr6 Sx8JYoMWPJphyrMxpoYsx6RFuS3LSyPbW348+XApDE8qmMTsZQJ1aOraGG4F0QaoF+44 8ptOE6wsCCTCK6vyUhw+JfXjQ0wS4JQ2GPt6KgT25l318rku62t95jaYhdM4FkHxkq9/ u3SNNraZBmGjsWhk1RjuT92PGrXQwX5o1gFJLL13xu2eK1IeGPIGze+4ENqrHoKuE6Wu bJI9zuVWMEyU3s41BhvDaHIp1CUt94lRuA1ez9/KiRaZMexRPWO2EuDP0HBLqCCgCAE6 /giQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTCMojdb+IitA+VVEUG8IzKY1qAZ65UCaWoHiapgdn3XN5QANAwOElZIdr/LViYPomur35hX2dnK2pvZg== X-Received: by 10.31.147.82 with SMTP id v79mr22145616vkd.58.1456164822818; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:13:42 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.159.34.53 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:13:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22d X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:200480 Archived-At: On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > I doubt that users will want this "natural" sort method > for anything other than file names. But if they ask for that, > we can easily give them variables to set to get it. In software I write, I use a natural sort for *any* sorted data that is meant to be presented to a human. I see no reason to do otherwise. Users are happy.