Re: [NTG-context] Sorting question

Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

Am 2006-01-23 um 01:08 schrieb Vit Zyka:

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ä (adiaeresis) is identical to a, ö (odiaeresis) identical to o, ü (udiaeresis) identical to u, the same for uppercase. ß (ssharp) is edentical to "ss" (same for uppercase, but in uppercase it's written as SS anyway).

Hmmm, that is not complete: I understand that every ü, Ü, u, U comes to single group, but is u<ü

I didn't test your code, but u, ü, U and Ü should be handled as same (in "normal German order") and u=U, ü=ue=Ü=Ue=UE in "German phone book order".

Hmmm, I feel that the situation is more complicated (same as in Czech). Proper sorting needs several (3 or 4, perhaps some languages more?) passes: 1. pass: division - define which letters comes to the same group (it can be also group of letters) - defined for newtexutil.rb 2. pass: sorting with the simplified rules e.g. ü=ue=Ü=Ue=UE 3. pass: if all letter are the same according the 2. pass, then apply e.g. ü

Greetlings from Lake Constance!

Enjoy it. Vit