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n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
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remove common prefix before comparing numerical filenames #1868

Closed azuline closed 2 months ago

azuline commented 2 months ago

Currently, nnn sorts files like this:

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After code change:

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N-R-K commented 2 months ago

Isn't this what version sort already does? E.g press t and then v (or use -Tv cli option).

azuline commented 2 months ago

just tried it; yep! going to close this now

i think what i did there also doesn't create a total ordering, so it wouldn't be a good change anyways without some more analysis.