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Frenzie · 05-26-2022, 07:44 AM

I'd have to double check, but judging by what you said Sort by filename suggests it uses asciibetical order, which is that annoying effect where files are sorted like:

Code:

1
10
2
20
A
B
C
a
b
c

So-called natural sorting will do that you actually expect, i.e., something like:

Code:

1
2
10
20
A
a
B
b
C
c

If you're wondering why it's even an option given that asciibetical is awful, I'm not sure. Maybe performance reasons if you have hundreds of files.

05-26-2022, 07:44 AM	#2
Frenzie Wizard Posts: 1,742 Karma: 730681 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Antwerp Device: Kobo Aura H2O	I'd have to double check, but judging by what you said Sort by filename suggests it uses asciibetical order, which is that annoying effect where files are sorted like: Code: 1 10 2 20 A B C a b c So-called natural sorting will do that you actually expect, i.e., something like: Code: 1 2 10 20 A a B b C c If you're wondering why it's even an option given that asciibetical is awful, I'm not sure. Maybe performance reasons if you have hundreds of files.