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
