Filename Ordering (after 'z')

[Guest]

I like to position certain files or folders by using prefixes like "_" so
that those files or folders precede the others with normal names beginning
with "a" to "z" (eg. "_delete.txt" comes before "afile.txt" and so on).

I would also like to use a similar prefix to position files or folders AFTER
those beginning with "a" to "z". A filename like "~end.txt" or "}end.txt"
should come after "zfile.txt", but it it doesn't (they come before the
"a's"). The TweakUI intuitive sorting option has no affect.

Is there some magic prefix (other than using extra "z"s) that will be
interpreted as being "after" z?

Thanks.

 

[Jon]

Latest reports suggest that it was "John" <[email protected]>
in message who said
something like...

I like to position certain files or folders by using prefixes like "_" so
that those files or folders precede the others with normal names beginning
with "a" to "z" (eg. "_delete.txt" comes before "afile.txt" and so on).

I would also like to use a similar prefix to position files or folders
AFTER
those beginning with "a" to "z". A filename like "~end.txt" or "}end.txt"
should come after "zfile.txt", but it it doesn't (they come before the
"a's"). The TweakUI intuitive sorting option has no affect.

Is there some magic prefix (other than using extra "z"s) that will be
interpreted as being "after" z?

Thanks.

A single apostrophe works fine here eg

'end.txt

 

[Jon]

Latest reports suggest that it was "Jon"

A single apostrophe works fine here eg

'end.txt

As does a hyphen


-end.txt

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately they don't work for me (Windows
XP Home SP2 - Explorer with Arrange Icons by Name). It seems that non-[a-z]
characters are treated as being before "a", regardless of their ASCII value,
and the "biggest" character is "z".

 

[Jon]

I was more than a little surprised to hear the following from "John"

Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately they don't work for me
(Windows
XP Home SP2 - Explorer with Arrange Icons by Name). It seems that
non-[a-z]
characters are treated as being before "a", regardless of their ASCII
value,
and the "biggest" character is "z".

Ok - those suggestions were command line suggestions
eg for the command

dir /on

For explorer, I don't know.

 

[Jon]

Wasn't it "Jon" <[email protected]> in message
, who said something
like......???

I was more than a little surprised to hear the following from "John"

Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately they don't work for me
(Windows
XP Home SP2 - Explorer with Arrange Icons by Name). It seems that
non-[a-z]
characters are treated as being before "a", regardless of their ASCII
value,
and the "biggest" character is "z".

Ok - those suggestions were command line suggestions
eg for the command

dir /on

For explorer, I don't know.

Actually I just tried those 2 suggestions I made in Windows explorer and
they work fine in that environment too.Not sure why it doesn't work for you
though.