From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Sorting of directories in dired Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:00:48 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120766532 2094 80.91.229.2 (7 Jul 2005 20:02:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:02:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 07 22:02:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DqcZD-0002ts-Eb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 22:01:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqcaa-0007pi-Qk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:03:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqca5-0007i7-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:02:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqca3-0007h8-Nq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:02:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dqca3-0007gr-8s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:02:43 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.30] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1Dqcep-0003YP-OL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:07:39 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id j67K0p7C012481 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:00:51 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id j67K0ow8012444 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:00:50 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id j67K0o7m032349 for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:00:50 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dradams-lap.us.oracle.com [130.35.177.126]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with SMTP id j67K0nB0032344 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:00:49 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:40586 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40586 > From: LENNART BORGMAN > Do you not find it disturbing then that the ordering of files > are different in Emacs than outside Emacs on w32? And what, may I ask, do you use outside Emacs? I can't speak for Lennart, but I would say that Windows users are used to seeing, in dialog boxes, Windows Explorer, and elsewhere: 1. First the directories and then the files. 2. Files in alphabetical order (by default), without regard to case. [BTW - Another thing Windows users are used to is clicking a column header to sort on it (alternate clicks of the same column header switch directions). I've done this myself for *Buffer List*, but it would be especially useful for Dired - after the release.]