Subj : Explorer filename sorting - disable ignoring of the hyphen ("-") char
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Subject: Explorer filename sorting - disable ignoring of the hyphen ("-") char
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Hello All,

My previous subject "Explorer filename sorting problem - NoStrCmpLogical
already present" has evolved into a much simpler one: How do I get XP's
explorer (but the "dir" command too!) to stop ignoring the minus sign inside
filenames

60.00.00.32.dds
60.00.00.32.msh
60.00.00.32.nif
60.00.32.32.dds
60.00.-32.32.dds
60.00.32.32.msh
60.00.-32.32.msh
60.00.32.32.nif
60.00.-32.32.nif

the reason why the above is "sorted" as it is -- with the third column
showing an interleaved "33" and "-32" -- is because the minus sign is
regarded as a hyphen (a word-coupling character) and ignored.  The above
list than translates to:

60.00.00.32.dds
60.00.00.32.msh
60.00.00.32.nif
60.00.32.32.dds
60.00.32.32.dds
60.00.32.32.msh
60.00.32.32.msh
60.00.32.32.nif
60.00.32.32.nif

..... which makes (some sort of) sense.

But as those "-" characters inthge first list are *NOT* hypens (but
minus-signs) that second list isn't reflecting the meaning of the filenames
contents. :-(

tl;dr:
How do I get XP's explorer (and "dir" command too) to stop ignoring the
minus sign inside filenames.

Or more in general: How do I stop it from treating *any* character
specially, and just sort all of them on their binary value.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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