Variable: ls-lisp-use-string-collate

ls-lisp-use-string-collate is a customizable variable defined in ls-lisp.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

Non-nil causes ls-lisp to sort files in locale-dependent collation order.

A value of nil means use ordinary string comparison (see compare-strings) for sorting files. A non-nil value uses string-collate-lessp instead, which more closely emulates what GNU ls does.

On GNU/Linux systems, if the locale's codeset specifies UTF-8, as in "en_US.UTF-8", the collation order follows the Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA), which places together file names that differ only in punctuation characters. On MS-Windows, customize the option ls-lisp-UCA-like-collation to a non-nil value to get similar behavior.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 25.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 25.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/ls-lisp.el.gz
(defcustom ls-lisp-use-string-collate
  (cond ((memq ls-lisp-emulation '(MacOS UNIX)) nil)
	(t t))		; GNU/Linux or MS-Windows emulate GNU ls
  "Non-nil causes ls-lisp to sort files in locale-dependent collation order.

A value of nil means use ordinary string comparison (see `compare-strings')
for sorting files.  A non-nil value uses `string-collate-lessp' instead,
which more closely emulates what GNU `ls' does.

On GNU/Linux systems, if the locale's codeset specifies UTF-8, as
in \"en_US.UTF-8\", the collation order follows the Unicode
Collation Algorithm (UCA), which places together file names that
differ only in punctuation characters.  On MS-Windows, customize
the option `ls-lisp-UCA-like-collation' to a non-nil value to get
similar behavior."
  :version "25.1"
  :set-after '(ls-lisp-emulation)
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'ls-lisp)