Comics should be sorted differently?

[Steve Juranich]

Jens Seidel <jensseidel at ...> writes:

> > I already tried this, and that does sort "as advertised" in the list view,
> > but I want this sorting order to be respected in the Icon View and the
> > little side-panel on the left-hand side of the screen, and I can't seem to
> > find out how to do that without modifying the code.
> 
> Ah, now I understand.
> 
> > Thanks for the suggestion, though.
> 
> Ready for the proper solution? Here is it:
> 
> Change the title field into a dependant field with description %{issue}.
> Once you select Series in the combobox, you will get in the list view:
>  Series1
>    Issue1
>    Issue2
>  Series2
>    Issue2
> 
> The sorting order in the Icon View and the side-panel uses the title
> field (now Issue) only, but at least in the side-panel you can adjust it
> by selecting a column.
> 
> Maybe you can add a context menu to the Icon View to allow the user to
> select a field used for sorting.
> You could also set the title field to %{series}/%{issue}, but this would
> result in a duplicated series value in the list view ...

It sounds like a neat trick, but I see a couple of problems.

First, the "Title" field is not editable from the GUI.  I'd have to (again) hack
the code in order for this to work.

Secondly, as I understand how the software works, this would sort the issue
numbers lexicographically, not numerically.  So issue 12 would come before issue
2 (for instance).  I could be totally mistaken on this count, however.

Thanks for your help.

-- 
Steve Juranich
Tucson, AZ
USA