[OS X TeX] Order of numbered files

Alain Schremmer schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Wed Jul 21 21:59:54 CEST 2010


On Jul 21, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Jul 21, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> On Jul 21, 2010, at 2:10 PM, Victor Ivrii wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Claus Gerhardt
>>> <gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
>>>> The Finder doesn't recognize the strings as natural numbers. You  
>>>> have to replace the single digits by 01, 02, etc, and similarly  
>>>> by 001, 002, ....., 010, ..., if your largest number has three  
>>>> digits.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It used to be this way. Not anymore:finder is now intelligent enough
>>
>> Wait a minute. Your screenshot shows a folder in which the files  
>> are well-ordered. I have that in 10.4 too. But what I don't have  
>> is the same order when I click on Window, e.g. 3 is between 29 and  
>> 30.
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Here's the TeXshop 2.36 Window Menu under OS X 10.6.4 (Snow  
> Leopard) with number files. I tried with the same build under OS X  
> 10.5.8 PPC and it's alphabetic.

You mean it is still weird-ordered?

> Does that mean there is a conspiracy to get you to buy and Intel  
> system so you can run Snow Leopard?

You are the one who said it but YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Semi-grateful regards
--schremmer

P.D. By the way, even though this is OT^°, how did you do that  
screenshot? I could only do a timed screen. Another part of that  
conspiracy?







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