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Subject: Explorer filename sorting - disable ignoring of the hyphen ("-") char ?
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:07:56 +0200
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Hello All,
My previous subject "Explorer filename sorting problem - NoStrCmpLogical already present" has evolved into a much simpler one: How do I get XP's explorer (but the "dir" command too!) to stop ignoring the minus sign inside filenames
60.00.00.32.dds
60.00.00.32.msh
60.00.00.32.nif
60.00.32.32.dds
60.00.-32.32.dds
60.00.32.32.msh
60.00.-32.32.msh
60.00.32.32.nif
60.00.-32.32.nif
the reason why the above is "sorted" as it is -- with the third column
showing an interleaved "33" and "-32" -- is because the minus sign is
regarded as a hyphen (a word-coupling character) and ignored. The above
list than translates to:
60.00.00.32.dds
60.00.00.32.msh
60.00.00.32.nif
60.00.32.32.dds
60.00.32.32.dds
60.00.32.32.msh
60.00.32.32.msh
60.00.32.32.nif
60.00.32.32.nif
.... which makes (some sort of) sense.
But as those "-" characters inthge first list are *NOT* hypens (but minus-signs) that second list isn't reflecting the meaning of the filenames contents. :-(
tl;dr:
How do I get XP's explorer (and "dir" command too) to stop ignoring the
minus sign inside filenames.
Or more in general: How do I stop it from treating *any* character
specially, and just sort all of them on their binary value.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
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