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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
All of this is fascinating, but what I really need is a list or chart that says "this is what the sort order is (special characters - be specific) (numbers)(letters alpha regardless of case)"
I've got the last two, but I can't find the first requirement.
When I get this thing done, I'll post the url to the webhelp files.
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The answer is language (locale) dependent. One must look at the ISO definitions and the ICU tables. For example, in some cases the letters áéíóú and àèìòù are considered special, where in others such as French they are considered letters. In French the quote marks are « and » where in English the character is ", and they sort differently.
The technical term for sort ordering is "collation". As I said, calibre uses the ICU libraries to do sorting. The collation tables for ICU can be found at
http://www.collation-charts.org/icu442/. The English collation chart is at
http://www.collation-charts.org/icu442/icu442-en.html. I can't guarantee they are correct, but they look right.