The order of categories in Catalog Filter is not correct in 1.8.5

[hjaki]

The order of categories in Catalog Filter is not correct in 1.8.5

After upgrading from 1.8.2 to 1.8.5, the order of “-” in Catalog Filter categories has changed.

Order in 1.8.2
　+
　-
　1
　a


Order of 1.8.5
　+
　1
　a
　-

If I rename any of the categories in 1.8.5, they are in the same order as in 1.8.2.
However, when I quit XnView and start it again, it reverts back to the original.

The order seems to change depending on the next letter of “+” or “-”, but only the position of “-” is wrong.

[user0]

+1
there should not be pre/post restart difference in sort order (collation) and the correct one must be applied right after creating a new object

However, both orders you posted are wrong, it should be like in windows (- + 1 a).
Clean install of the app may help, as in my 1.8.5 the sort order is correct after app restart.

ref
reddit
unicode collation

[xnview]

i can't reproduce, the order is "+ - 1 a"

[hjaki]

Does it work differently in different languages?
I am using Japanese.
Here is a screenshot.

[xnview]

the sort order is localized

[hjaki]

The problem also occurs with clean installations.
Please try to reproduce it with the Japanese version 1.8.5

[xnview]

with japanese windows explorer, which order do you have for '+ - 1 a'?

[hjaki]

The problem this time is that 1.8.5 has changed the order of the files at startup from the previous version.
When renamed, the order is the same as in 1.8.2.
I would like the order to be the same as when it was renamed when it was launched.

Because the Japanese sort order in Windows is very complicated.
I don't know the correct answer because I can't find any official documentation.
There are more than 10,000 characters and the order changes depending on whether the second character is alphanumeric, hiragana, katakana, or kanji.

[xnview]

you can add in xnview.ini [%General] localizedSortCategory=false

[hjaki]

What do you mean?
Does that mean this is not a bug?

[xnview]

There is a change in 1.8.5 with sorting on some languages.
If you want same behavior, you can edit your xnview.ini and add localizedSortCategory=false