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:Thanks Gérard for the notice. It seems that there are and should be word lists for different applications; some having easier or more specialised words; swearing, slang,...
:The more I look, the more there is to see ☺️--[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118|talk]]) 06:07, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
== natural sorting, less spaced out ==
I noticed that you stated that your latest edit (for the '''Sample input''') was less spaced out, and that, in part, is true. It was spaced out wider (but didn't require horizontal scrolling), and took advantage of the horizontal real estate, but it was much shorter so that '''Sample input''' section would fit on one screen without vertical scrolling.
However, it is now quite a bit ''longer'' (vertically). My intent to was to make the '''Sample input''' easier to read (on one screen) without vertical scrolling, and not have the reading of the sub-fields interfere with that visual scanning. Also, one could read the three major headers (sections?) without having to visually compete with the secondary title entries, '''Text strings:''', and its tertiary entries, the examples themselves which are for the most part, ''literals'' (cluttered with their own sub-fields, necessarily so) which read better when having them in their own column. That section of the task's preamble is now eighteen lines longer and the whole is a lot harder to peruse to my eyes, forcing me to now read all the sub-fields. I was going for a more columnar look rather than a vertical/stacked list for a shorter vertical presentation where the primary and secondary/tertiary fields have their own columnar locations. I'm not arguing that it should be changed once again, but I thought you should be aware what was intended and I was trying for a more Wiki-look approach in presenting multiple fields of information that fitted on one screen instead of forcing the reader to vertically scroll to enable to perusing the presented fields of the '''Sample input'''. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 08:53, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
For easier comparisons, the older presentation is shown below so viewers can do a side-by-side comparison (using two windows).
<small>(I was also thinking about ''not'' using the abbreviation '''Equiv.''' (two sections) but I wasn't sure if that was legitimate to use the full uncapitalized word instead.
<br>Also, the '''m.a.s''' abbreviation should be replaced with '''MAS''' which could further reduce the width of the '''Sample input''' section.)</small>
The presentation below is '''44''' lines deep, the revised view is '''62''' lines deep.
;Sample input:
<pre>
# Ignoring leading spaces. Text strings: ['ignore leading spaces: 2-2',
'ignore leading spaces: 2-1',
'ignore leading spaces: 2+0',
'ignore leading spaces: 2+1']
# Ignoring multiple adjacent spaces (m.a.s). Text strings: ['ignore m.a.s spaces: 2-2',
'ignore m.a.s spaces: 2-1',
'ignore m.a.s spaces: 2+0',
'ignore m.a.s spaces: 2+1']
# Equivalent whitespace characters. Text strings: ['Equiv. spaces: 3-3',
'Equiv. \rspaces: 3-2',
'Equiv. \x0cspaces: 3-1',
'Equiv. \x0bspaces: 3+0',
'Equiv. \nspaces: 3+1',
'Equiv. \tspaces: 3+2']
# Case Independent sort. Text strings: ['cASE INDEPENDENT: 3-2',
'caSE INDEPENDENT: 3-1',
'casE INDEPENDENT: 3+0',
'case INDEPENDENT: 3+1']
# Numeric fields as numerics. Text strings: ['foo100bar99baz0.txt',
'foo100bar10baz0.txt',
'foo1000bar99baz10.txt',
'foo1000bar99baz9.txt']
# Title sorts. Text strings: ['The Wind in the Willows',
'The 40th step more',
'The 39 steps',
'Wanda']
# Equivalent accented characters (and case). Text strings: [u'Equiv. \xfd accents: 2-2',
u'Equiv. \xdd accents: 2-1',
u'Equiv. y accents: 2+0',
u'Equiv. Y accents: 2+1']
# Separated ligatures. Text strings: [u'\u0132 ligatured ij',
'no ligature']
# Character replacements. Text strings: [u'Start with an \u0292: 2-2',
u'Start with an \u017f: 2-1',
u'Start with an \xdf: 2+0',
u'Start with an s: 2+1']
</pre>
The above chart would be presented better as an HTML table, but that might start an edit war/tiff. -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 08:53, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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