Hi Søren, On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:33:03 +0200, Søren Thing Pedersen wrote:
> Problem: Calc treats v and w as the same letter in Danish when sorting. I think that's because (AFAIK) traditionally in Danish the w has been seen as a variant of v. > From where does Calc get its sorting order? Entire OOo uses the collation from ICU, currently v2.6, to be upgraded to v3.4 for OOo2.0.4, maybe the collation order is already changed there? Otherwise we'd have to create a customized collation order. > In the da_DK.xml locale the following is listed in <LC_INDEX>: The LC_INDEX section is not related to collation, it is solely for Writer's index feature. > <IndexKey unoid="alphanumeric" default="true" phonetic="false">A-V X-Z Æ > Ø Å</IndexKey> As W is not listed there, index entries starting with W would be appended after. > Should it be A-Z Æ Ø Å? Yes, if W should appear between V and X. > What is the collateral effect other places? Nothing. > I think this issue concerns Norwegian and Swedish locales, too. Yes, they have similar IndexKey elements, and sort vw the same. Finnish too, btw. > Furthermore, what does Standard point to in the Language field in the > Settings tab for Sorting? I tried changing the language for the whole > document but that didn't effect the sorting order. It follows the locale setting under Tools.Options.LanguageSettings.Languages, and if that is Standard it pulls in the system's locale. Eike -- OOo/SO Calc core developer. Number formatter stricken i18n transpositionizer. GnuPG key 0x293C05FD: 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
