GNU bug report logs - #22561
25.0.90; dired alphabetic sort of listing handles leading '.' strangely on MS Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Gallagher <kevin.gal <at> verizon.net>

Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 00:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.90

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 22561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Kevin Gallagher <kevin.gal <at> verizon.net>
Cc: 22561 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22561: 25.0.90;
 dired alphabetic sort of listing handles leading '.' strangely on MS
 Windows
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:15:52 +0200

> Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:10:28 -0600
> From: Kevin Gallagher <kevin.gal <at> verizon.net>
> 
> I believe the listing in Emacs 24.5 is preferable. It 25.0.90, it is as if the initial period in any file/directory entry is
> being ignored when sorting alphabetically. Also, upper and lower case are also being ignored.

It's a new feature, meant to emulate more closely what Emacs and 'ls'
do on GNU/Linux.  From NEWS:

  *** The ls-lisp package uses `string-collate-lessp' to sort file names.
  If you want the old, locale-independent sorting, customize the new
  option `ls-lisp-use-string-collate' to a nil value.

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