https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=97808
--- Comment #21 from Kay <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Alan from comment #20) > Comment 17, 18 and 19 are incorrect. in general the comments all seem to > indicate that Case Insensitive means sorting in REVERSE collating order. > That is NOT what Case Insensitive means. > > Case Insensitive is NEITHER Upper Case before Lower Case NOR Lower Case > before Upper Case. It IGNORES case. Hence the name: Case Insensitive. > > Case insensitive: ABC = abc = AbC = aBc > > A case sensitive sort takes the case of a character into account. The > collating sequence of ASCII and UNICODE for the ASCII characters is > identical. Upper case comes first. So a case sensitive sort should sort the > above as: > ABC > AbC > aBc > abc > > If Lower Case is to be sorted first, that is a Reverse Case Sensitive sort. > It is NOT a Case Insensitive sort. > > A Case Insensitive sort is important. Sort: nice, Nicer, nicest, Nicely, jump > Case insensitive: jump, nice, Nicely, Nicer, nicest > Case sensitive (Natural Order): Nicely, Nicer, jump, nice, nicest > Case sensitive (Reverse Order): nicest, nice, jump, Nicer, Nicely > > NOTE: Case Insensitive would be preferred when sorting a list of names where > some may be capitalized and others not. It is also the sort that would be > used by either a Dictionary or Encyclopedia. You are correct in your assessment. My comments were in relation to what apparently "case insensitive" means within OpenOffice for an alphabetic sort. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the issue. You are on the CC list for the issue.
