holly@skiff.cis.ohio-state.edu (Joe Hollingsworth) (01/11/90)
Hi folks:
Is there any (easy) way to have dired sort the filenames by extension first,
then by first name.
So for example, the following would change from:
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 1535 Dec 8 16:17 actual_c_par.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 545 Dec 8 14:38 actual_c_par.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 3602 Jan 9 12:26 actual_c_par.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 2379 Dec 8 16:42 actual_r_par.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 692 Dec 8 15:48 actual_r_par.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 5189 Jan 9 12:26 actual_r_par.o
-rwxr-xr-x 1 holly 40960 Jan 5 09:33 adgpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 1492 Jan 5 09:57 adgpd.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 1963 Jan 5 09:33 adgpd.o
to
-rwxr-xr-x 1 holly 40960 Jan 5 09:33 adgpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 1535 Dec 8 16:17 actual_c_par.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 2379 Dec 8 16:42 actual_r_par.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 1492 Jan 5 09:57 adgpd.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 545 Dec 8 14:38 actual_c_par.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 692 Dec 8 15:48 actual_r_par.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 3602 Jan 9 12:26 actual_c_par.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 5189 Jan 9 12:26 actual_r_par.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 holly 1963 Jan 5 09:33 adgpd.o
I'm usually interested in working with one type of file at a time,
(i.e. .c files, or .h files). And if I do want to switch between
.c & .h, I can easily scan the rightmost side of the Dired buffer
for the correct extension, then find the file I'm after. (I.e.
if I'm looking for .c, I go to the .c section, then I alphabetically
look for the .c file I'm interested in. Same goes for .h, etc....)
Thanks in advance,
Joe
Joe Hollingsworth Computer and Information Science @ OSU
holly@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!{att,pyramid,killer}!cis.ohio-state.edu!holly