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: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:35:42 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87povs41xg.fsf@gnus.org> <87bn7c3yms.fsf@gnus.org> <83si0npxtn.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455982567 18325 80.91.229.3 (20 Feb 2016 15:36:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:36:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , Emacs developers To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 20 16:36:03 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 1aX9Zh-0000Pb-0t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:36:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33619 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aX9Zg-0003xJ-5b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:36:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aX9ZR-0003vk-Ed for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:35:46 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aX9ZQ-0002DE-I6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:35:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22d]:35883) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aX9ZQ-0002Ck-BY; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 10:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id c3so98415260vkb.3; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 07:35:43 -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=YIlcOTbiXZ/kwW+N5vsGxYei2pwx/H4WLVPaemOeWsg=; b=Z3FvZyAFgmiBejUNZP9GDk6P820dp904DL/VnuGp4er35Kydts7Yvlp4Y5gp00SGDg 6ckPTAJrwRhFVwpOOZYyT3pW1Qs5vEF5yt6XBlZI3bejjZoERqiHPpid5BqVx98W/9nB /ClJ3vBrIxCgAmwn+LfJMPxT6VQL/lCE62lj6muVw/7xI+3J0wRD8HkirI7c+iMyzPUD /gAfQ9/pen31guJUq8VQiX+EEq9HH54ba8IBe8hn+yYTHhxAgT6tSiaE1UfHCqtfIC4t 2TljKZvacpiUOwFOy6D1XzXQpqH7U2l+EwI5Mh0UILwlStVEmj4lfM90wSDnRrKJ3SYG KWUQ== 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=YIlcOTbiXZ/kwW+N5vsGxYei2pwx/H4WLVPaemOeWsg=; b=JaK1IZul04s5IpxxHIJUBx48oeISaJxG4ZiT/4WTneOBNa78FgR+TODCjYvPii4jLe 8mRE9drW9XxPb149NJN1nHPAwQ3o9llweAAytoQcaC1zhR12Wx+M5yOg8m+JdI02wXwO haODg34JmZMZf6UVJgNGe/TJ2H/O9jZ0HlrETUdpCL5tUmbDvGSBxReHK8+e6C5kF7cE 1YcewW+0NGiOvv7nzG8jiouTkxCqLWjOvBkgXR6TjcJb3S8uylILGeYTeWcMrKNNWouY Q9u53IBvdTZvoilrR1hWh6IOJQ9njsVZENlmf6rf5kangm1+KNy6j/aOqyrl6tsEmsjX tQCg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTHOhe7FsTB6jPWZKzsfPJbcpGS5gJt0jOD05IWN3NA3hQ2d+PmAAvjwkbqUFdPY1nowz7YWq6F/z7TSg== X-Received: by 10.31.133.19 with SMTP id h19mr15812108vkd.127.1455982542755; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 07:35:42 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.159.34.53 with HTTP; Sat, 20 Feb 2016 07:35:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83si0npxtn.fsf@gnu.org> 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:200320 Archived-At: On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Please don't call that function `file-string-lessp', or anything that > has "file" in it. This sorting order has nothing to do with files. > Names I can suggest include "logical", "intuitive", and "numerical". The established name is "natural sort". There's no reason to invent a new one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_sort_order