In the MacOS and linux universes, such things would be determined by the LC_COLLATE setting of locale, I think. Windows? — Peter West p...@pbw.id.au “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
> On 9 Mar 2023, at 7:31 pm, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > > Op donderdag 9 maart 2023 09:34:36 CET schreef aeg via gnucash-user: >> The fact that 9 is less than 12 is not confusing to me, but sorting by >> Windows File Explorer routinely puts 12 before 9, whereas 09 is always >> correctly arranged before 12 (and before 900). From the >> link, https://semver.org/ provided by LI Daobing, I now understand that >> there is a conventional way of numbering software releases, but I remain >> puzzled by the insistence that leading zeros must not be used. It is often >> the case that the status quo can be seen to work, but it is my opinion >> that, if an improvement can be made and the effort to do so is minimal, it >> is normally worth making that improvement. I assume that's what drives the >> developers to make evolutionary changes and introduce updates. I'd just >> like to see a numbering system that works in all circumstances. Alan > > Well, it's all context related. > > On my linux desktop files get properly sorted already now with .9 appearing > before .12. > > In fact linux desktop environments have been properly sorting such version > numbers for > years. So I don't even notice this on the PC I use every day. Looks like the > Windows' file > manager does not have that feature (yet) or perhaps it's configurable > somewhere ? > > Regards, > > Geert > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
