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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:44:27 -0700
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> And I see that using Python's getkey() function to swap "_D" and "_H"
> would be a way to solve this. But it's far from obvious how to set up
> a custom sort.

And you still think comp.lang.c is the place to talk about it?

If the links I already posted aren't sufficiently helpful (I expected
they would be), comp.lang.python exists and is reasonably active.

> Incidentally you might like the default sort in my ls command, now in
> the Baby X FileSystem shell. There's also a separate programs that
> runs under the native shell - of course I developed the command on
> native host filesystems first. It uses a natural sort so that "Chapter
> 10" sorts after and not before "Chapter 2".

GNU coreutils ls has a "-v" or "--sort=version" option that does this.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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