* problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars
@ 2016-07-05 20:26 Uwe Brauer
2016-07-05 20:49 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Uwe Brauer @ 2016-07-05 20:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hello
Consider please the following example:
| Anton |
| Álvarez |
| Arrieta |
org-table-sort-lines using alphabetic ordering results in
| Anton |
| Arrieta |
| Álvarez |
Which is contra intuitive to say the least. The accented A should be
treated as if it did not have an accent resulting in
| Álvarez |
| Anton |
| Arrieta |
That is the way excel (which I try to avoid usually but which is doing
the right thing), works, libreoffice ooffice is also on the wired side
here.
regards
Uwe Brauer
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* Re: problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars
2016-07-05 20:26 problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars Uwe Brauer
@ 2016-07-05 20:49 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-05 20:54 ` Uwe Brauer
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2016-07-05 20:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hello,
Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> Consider please the following example:
>
> | Anton |
> | Álvarez |
> | Arrieta |
>
>
> org-table-sort-lines using alphabetic ordering results in
>
>
> | Anton |
> | Arrieta |
> | Álvarez |
>
> Which is contra intuitive to say the least. The accented A should be
> treated as if it did not have an accent resulting in
>
> | Álvarez |
> | Anton |
> | Arrieta |
Alphabetic ordering uses `string-lessp', which doesn't fulfill your
needs here. You can however, sort by an arbitrary function using f or
F key.
In any case, char folding is a complicated matter, because it really
depends on the host language. I think development Emacs provides
something like this.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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* Re: problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars
2016-07-05 20:49 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2016-07-05 20:54 ` Uwe Brauer
2016-07-05 21:48 ` Nicolas Goaziou
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From: Uwe Brauer @ 2016-07-05 20:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
> Hello,
> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
Thanks for the fast answer
> Alphabetic ordering uses `string-lessp', which doesn't fulfill your
> needs here. You can however, sort by an arbitrary function using f or
> F key.
Which function could you recommend?
> In any case, char folding is a complicated matter, because it really
> depends on the host language. I think development Emacs provides
> something like this.
I am using GNU emacs 25.1.50 so that requirement is fulfilled. Do you
have any pointers?
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* Re: problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars
2016-07-05 20:54 ` Uwe Brauer
@ 2016-07-05 21:48 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2016-07-12 8:53 ` a possible solution (was: problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars) Uwe Brauer
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2016-07-05 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> Which function could you recommend?
I don't know. There may be something readily available in Emacs 25.
Otherwise, you'll have to write you own.
> I am using GNU emacs 25.1.50 so that requirement is fulfilled. Do you
> have any pointers?
Probably look for "char-fold.el".
Regards.
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* a possible solution (was: problems with alphabetic ordering in tables containing non ASCII chars)
2016-07-05 21:48 ` Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2016-07-12 8:53 ` Uwe Brauer
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From: Uwe Brauer @ 2016-07-12 8:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
>> Which function could you recommend?
> I don't know. There may be something readily available in Emacs 25.
> Otherwise, you'll have to write you own.
It seems that the easiest solution is the following
- run iso-unaccentuate (which runs on regions) on the table, which
will change Álvarez to 'Alvarez,
- sort. The sorting is ok
- reconvert via iso-accentuate the table.
I don't understand much of the org-table sort code. My naive approach would be to
define
org-table-iso-accentuate and org-table-iso-unaccentuate and then add
that via defadvice to the original function, but that seems a bad
approach since defacvice makes it difficult to debug.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Uwe Brauer
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