[Lazarus] "Sort files alphabitically" is case-sensitive :-(
Hans-Peter Diettrich
DrDiettrich1 at aol.com
Tue Nov 15 03:01:20 CET 2011
Sven Barth schrieb:
>> Consequently project file sorting should be case insensitive, unique
>> across platforms.
>
> But the project inspector does contain the *file* names and not the
> *unit* names. And these *can* be different (not only in casing), though
> I personally don't know anyone who uses the "-Un" option which is
> necessary for this...
Just in case the same filenames with different casing have been added to
a project, it's important to see all these versions together, and not
spread across the entire list.
Summary: the case sensitivity of a file system does not imply any
specific sort order. The same for the sort order in different
applications (file browsers...). The *display* of a file list has to be
optimized for *human* reading, i.e. case insensitive unless there exists
a special important meaning of upper/lower case names.
DoDi
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