Re: Is there a function to sort file names by file version number, like "ls -v"?

[Florian v. Savigny]

Hi Sean,

  > If it's not clear, the parse routine I defined takes a filename as
  > an argument, and returns a cons cell that contains the decomposed
  > contents of the name.  A name with a tilde-delimited version
  > suffix, like say "foo~5~", is transformed into ("foo" . 5), and a
  > name without such a suffix, like say "bar", becomes just ("bar"
  > . nil).  The main body of versioned-filename-lessp just compares
  > two such decompositions.

Sorry ... before I read that, I had already had edebug-defun walk me
through the process, which showed me without thinking how it
works. Thanks very much - you actually tought me a /general/ method
for sorting things!

Best regards,

Florian