On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:14:41 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P S >> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:12 PM >> >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >> >> > I'd store the names in a single case followed by a bitmap indicating >> > which case to display. >> >> Ah. But again, IMHO, Windows gets it right: ThisFile appears before >> THISWASIT and after THISAPPLE. Doesn't that satisfy the >> sorting/searching >> issue? > I wasn't proposing a different specification; merely envisioning an implementation that would generate the result you observe as efficiently as possible.
>Most LINUX applications also display the filenames with a case insensitive >sort. Like the "ls" command. And Konquerer, Dolphin. > Errr... "case insensitive"? Would that mean that the ordering of filenames which differ only in case is unpredictable, or is there some residual case sensitivity? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
