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Sorting order of read-char-by-name

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Message #38 received at 46240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 46240 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46240: Sorting order of read-char-by-name
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 16:35:00 +0100

Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:

>> If the user doesn't know this order, he/she might be unable to find
>> the required character quickly, if the list of candidates is long
>> enough.
>
> I never rely on the current sorting alphabetically by names.
> When the list of candidates is long, I need to use isearch
> to search in the necessary block whose characters are scattered
> currently in almost random order.

I'm not opposed to adding a variable to control the sorting order, but I
still don't quite understand when it would be useful to sort by Unicode
order.

Why does the current (English name) sorting result in an almost random
order?

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