[Desktop-packages] [Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars
Most elegant solution to this abomination: https://github.com/heralight/GlibSortFileNameHackLibrary -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322271 Title: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus On my local disk there is a folder with the following contents: stefan@ubuntu:~/Dokumente/*/*/*/FLASCHEN_15cm$ ls 0,2LMW 0,33LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET I did not include the full path for legal reasons, since it includes names of my customers and brand names. Instead of these, I put * to indicate another subdirectory. However, when I display this folder in nautilus sorting alphabetically by file name, the resulting order is: 0,2LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 0,33LMW 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/322271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars
I'm not sure if this is the same bug or a different one. I am using ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I have a directory containing other directories. They sort correctly with "ls -l". But they show up in Nautilus as: 20190428_96a11107 <- wrong order 20190428_1271f6a8 20190428_4314187e 20190428_a4b67026 20190428_a9637c2a 20190428_bd912fd3 20190428_c7b6ee8a <- wrong order 20190428_c408cf3c 20190428_ec90884e I am not aware of any hidden special characters in the names. It is easy to reproduce on my machine. Just go to an empty folder and do: touch 20190428_1271f6a8 touch 20190428_4314187e touch 20190428_96a11107 touch 20190428_a4b67026 touch 20190428_a9637c2a touch 20190428_bd912fd3 touch 20190428_c408cf3c touch 20190428_c7b6ee8a touch 20190428_ec90884e They sort correctly with "ls -l", but not with Nautilus. I haven't tried a more recent version of ubuntu. Should I report this somewhere else? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322271 Title: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus On my local disk there is a folder with the following contents: stefan@ubuntu:~/Dokumente/*/*/*/FLASCHEN_15cm$ ls 0,2LMW 0,33LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET I did not include the full path for legal reasons, since it includes names of my customers and brand names. Instead of these, I put * to indicate another subdirectory. However, when I display this folder in nautilus sorting alphabetically by file name, the resulting order is: 0,2LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 0,33LMW 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/322271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars
I simply don't believe this is a design choice: a a.txt aa a.txt a b.txt k a.txt k b.txt kk a.txt There should be at least an option for the simple alphabetical ordering. Also, I believe the priority should be higher since listing files is the main function of a file browser... ** Attachment added: "A screenshot of an unexpected file ordering." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/322271/+attachment/4545062/+files/nautilus_wrong_file_ordering.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322271 Title: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus On my local disk there is a folder with the following contents: stefan@ubuntu:~/Dokumente/*/*/*/FLASCHEN_15cm$ ls 0,2LMW 0,33LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET I did not include the full path for legal reasons, since it includes names of my customers and brand names. Instead of these, I put * to indicate another subdirectory. However, when I display this folder in nautilus sorting alphabetically by file name, the resulting order is: 0,2LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 0,33LMW 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/322271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars
Well, nice to see something's going on. The sort just sucks. Why not AT LEAST provide the option to chose between plain ascii-codepage-utf-8 -number-in-the-charmap-style sort and this broken natural sort? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322271 Title: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus On my local disk there is a folder with the following contents: stefan@ubuntu:~/Dokumente/*/*/*/FLASCHEN_15cm$ ls 0,2LMW 0,33LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET I did not include the full path for legal reasons, since it includes names of my customers and brand names. Instead of these, I put * to indicate another subdirectory. However, when I display this folder in nautilus sorting alphabetically by file name, the resulting order is: 0,2LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 0,33LMW 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/322271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars
You can track a bug request for glib in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754777 and you can find a partial hack at https://github.com/heralight/GlibSortFileNameHackLibrary ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #754777 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754777 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322271 Title: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus On my local disk there is a folder with the following contents: stefan@ubuntu:~/Dokumente/*/*/*/FLASCHEN_15cm$ ls 0,2LMW 0,33LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET I did not include the full path for legal reasons, since it includes names of my customers and brand names. Instead of these, I put * to indicate another subdirectory. However, when I display this folder in nautilus sorting alphabetically by file name, the resulting order is: 0,2LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 0,33LMW 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/322271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 322271] Re: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars
The Gnome developers appear to be unwilling to fix this after nearly 8 years. I've attached an example of the issue where it is clear that the sort order is wrong, even for proponents of natural sort ordering. It can be fixed for Nautlius by changing g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename() to g_utf8_collate_key() nautilus-3.10.1/libnautilus-private/nautilus-file.c but this only affects Nautilus windows. File dialogs still use the wrong sort order. In glib, g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename() is broken for anything with leading zeros (it sorts 2009.1 before 2009.05) so it doesn't even get natural ordering correct. The sort order of g_utf8_collate_key_for_filename() is too aggressive in splitting up filenames into separately ordered components, which makes it inconsistent with user expectations for highly structured filenames. Some sort of desktop-wide use natural sort order setting is required to allow the behaviour to be adjusted. An environment setting for glib would do (although the change wouldn't be effective immediately). ** Attachment added: Invalid sort order which orders 3 both before and after 4. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/322271/+attachment/4118397/+files/invalid_sort_order.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322271 Title: Sorting by name doesn't work well with digits or special chars Status in Nautilus: Confirmed Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus On my local disk there is a folder with the following contents: stefan@ubuntu:~/Dokumente/*/*/*/FLASCHEN_15cm$ ls 0,2LMW 0,33LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET I did not include the full path for legal reasons, since it includes names of my customers and brand names. Instead of these, I put * to indicate another subdirectory. However, when I display this folder in nautilus sorting alphabetically by file name, the resulting order is: 0,2LMW 0,5LMW 0,5LMWPET 0,33LMW 1,0LEWPET 1,5LEWPET ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/322271/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
