[Thunar-dev] Thunars way of sorting files by name with numbers as filenames

[Jari Rahkonen]

Michael Klein wrote:
> OK, imagine a directory with hundrets or thousands of files with random
> numbers as filenames and let's say they are all images. Let's say the
> first one with the thunar-sorting is 31.jpg. But if i open it with a
> picture-viewer app with the "normal" sortingit's not the first one, but
> somewhere in the middle, because there are others like 101.jpg or even
> 2203.jpg before 31.jpg. So the problem is not the sorting itself, it's
> more the difference between the two kinds of sorting.
> 

IMHO Thunar gets it right and it's these image viewers and other file
managers that should fix their behaviour. Why would anyone put number 21
before number 3 if the file names are supposed to be in ascending order?
Is there any reason for wanting this illogical sort order other than
maybe being used to it?

- Jari