Re: [MacPerl] ordering of files in Drag-n-drop from Finder

[jose.stephane@uqam.ca (Stephane Jose)]

Le 12/09/96 ˆ 18:34 , Matthias Schabel nous disait:


> Does anyone know how the Finder orders selected files; for example, imagine
> I have a bunch of files with names
> ...
> and drag-n-drop them onto a perl script.  When I do this, I find that the
> filenames are sorted before being processed by the script; is it the perl
> interpreter doing this or does the Finder sort the list first?  In either

Hi,

The Finder does the sorting first. If you select a buch of files on the
Desktop then do Command-C ('copy') and then Paste the Clipboard's content
in a text file you will see the sort order the Finder uses (This trick is
limited to 255 chars though...).

If I am not mistaken, this sort order also depends on the setting of your
'Text' Control Panel (as far as diacritic chars are concerned).

MacPerl pass the dropped filenames to @ARGV in the same order.

Correct me, anyone, if I'm wrong...

Bye,
Stef.

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