confuse of Chinese word/character order while sorting

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void_hero
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confuse of Chinese word/character order while sorting

Post by void_hero »

Hi Team,

version:
1.5.0.1400a.x64

scenario:
the sample folder name in Chinese word/character with the pinyin(which translates Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet) as beneath:
安: an
帮: bang
川: chuan
while sorting in Everything, as the attached, the order is an->chuan->bang;

question:
why not as an->bang->chuan?
a->b->c?

expectation:
have/know the right logic here.
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void
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Re: confuse of Chinese word/character order while sorting

Post by void »

Everything cannot sort natively by pinyin.
Everything sorting is language neutral.
Everything sorts by a modified Unicode Collation Algorithm.

To sort by pinyin, include the following in your search:

a:=PINYIN($name:) sort:a




I will consider locale sorting for a future release of Everything.
Thank you for your post.
DavidGZY
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Re: confuse of Chinese word/character order while sorting

Post by DavidGZY »

void wrote: Wed Nov 19, 2025 2:26 am Everything cannot sort natively by pinyin.
Everything sorting is language neutral.
Everything sorts by a modified Unicode Collation Algorithm.

To sort by pinyin, include the following in your search:

a:=PINYIN($name:) sort:a




I will consider locale sorting for a future release of Everything.
Thank you for your post.
Looking forward to your excellent results!
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