[Pkg-mc-devel] [Bug 410031] Re: case insensitive name sort mixes hidden and normal files

[Yury V. Zaytsev]

If it will be backported to the stable branch on time it will get into
Natty+1 from Debian unstable.

** Bug watch added: www.midnight-commander.org/ #1894
   http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1894

** Also affects: mc via
   http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1894
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: mc (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: mc (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Yury V. Zaytsev (zyv)

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case insensitive name sort mixes hidden and normal files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410031
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Status in Midnight Commander - text-mode file manager: Unknown
Status in “mc” package in Ubuntu: In Progress

Bug description:
Binary package hint: mc

When ever you set the file sort to do it by name, and toggle it to be case insensitive, hidden files (those which the file name starts with a '.') will get sorted by the first letter, instead of the first character.

I've tested this under the last several releases of Ubuntu (8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10), all with the default locales