Xavier Morel writes:
On 2011-11-12, at 10:24 , Georg Brandl wrote:
Am 12.11.2011 08:03, schrieb Stephen J. Turnbull:
The sensible thing is to just sort in Unicode code point order, I
think.
The sensible thing is to accept that there is no solution, and to stop
worrying.
The
On 11/11/2011 11:03 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
The sensible thing is to just sort in Unicode code point order, I
think.
I was going to suggest the official Unicode Collation Algorithm:
http://unicode.org/reports/tr10/
But I peeked in the can, saw it was chock-a-block with worms, and
Am 12.11.2011 08:03, schrieb Stephen J. Turnbull:
Eli Bendersky writes:
special locale. It makes me wonder whether it's possible to have a
contradiction in the ordering, i.e. have a set of names that just
can't be sorted in any order acceptable by everyone.
Yes, it is. The examples
On Nov 12, 2011, at 04:03 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
The sensible thing is to just sort in Unicode code point order, I
think.
M-x sort-lines-by-unicode-point-order RET
wink
-Barry
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On 2011-11-12, at 10:24 , Georg Brandl wrote:
Am 12.11.2011 08:03, schrieb Stephen J. Turnbull:
Eli Bendersky writes:
special locale. It makes me wonder whether it's possible to have a
contradiction in the ordering, i.e. have a set of names that just
can't be sorted in any order acceptable
Hi,
On 11/11/2011 10.39, Eli Bendersky wrote:
The PS: at the top of Misc/ACKS says:
PS: In the standard Python distribution, this file is encoded in UTF-8
and the list is in rough alphabetical order by last names.
However, the last 3 names in the list don't appear to be part of that
Am 11.11.2011 10:56, schrieb Ezio Melotti:
Hi,
On 11/11/2011 10.39, Eli Bendersky wrote:
The PS: at the top of Misc/ACKS says:
PS: In the standard Python distribution, this file is encoded in UTF-8
and the list is in rough alphabetical order by last names.
However, the last 3 names in
The key point here is that it is *rough* alphabetic order. IMO, sorting
accented characters along with their unaccented versions would be fine
as well, and be more practical. In general, it's not possible to provide
a correct alphabetic order. For example, in German, 'ö' sorts after
'o',
Eli Bendersky writes:
special locale. It makes me wonder whether it's possible to have a
contradiction in the ordering, i.e. have a set of names that just
can't be sorted in any order acceptable by everyone.
Yes, it is. The examples were already given in this thread. The
Han-using
