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24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18051: 24.3.92; ls-lisp: Sorting; make ls-lisp-string-lessp a normal function?
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:03:41 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: 18051 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:18:19 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > From my POV, making sure the package always behaves as designed, I
> > guess.  You agreed with my motivation, so it sounds like a
> > contradiction to me to still push for the change.
> 
> Seems I again misunderstood what you meant with:
> 
> > [...]  So I will generally oppose to introducing any option into it
> > that cannot be had with an external 'ls' program, as long as the
> > latter is the main method of getting a
> 
> I had read that as introducing "user options", but you obviously meant
> introducing options for changing the behavior using any means.

Yes, I meant adding code that would support functionality not
available when 'ls' is used.

> > Anyway, if others think the comparison of file names should be up for
> > grabs, I won't fight the change just because I think it's wrong.
> 
> At least we agree that there's room for improvement.

That's trivial: there always is, including in ls-lisp.

> Anyway, what I want to reach:
> 
>   (1) sort in files starting with a dot as if they had no dot

Why?  Personally, it would mightily confuse me: I always expect to
find all the dot-files together.  This is useful, e.g., when I'm
looking for init file related to some feature, but I don't know the
exact name of that file.

But if 'ls' supports that, so should ls-lisp.

>   (2) -v sorting (sorting versions correctly)

Isn't this what "ls -v" does?  If so, and if ls-lisp doesn't currently
support that, patches to add such support are welcome.

> isn't that both possible with ls?  (2) obviously; I think (1) depends on
> the system's language setting?

Patches to support any feature available in some 'ls' are more than
welcome.  TIA.

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