Container Sorting Transforms

Containers and agents may apply a transform before sorting string attributes. The transform is selected from a pop-up menu in the container or agent's Create/Rename dialog.

The resulting setting is stored in the attributes SortTransform and SortAlsoTransform which may also be set directly to control the sort transform.

The available transforms include:

• case-sensitive. Sorts upper and lower case sort in separate sequences, not alphabetically (a 'computer' sort). This is the default.
• case-insensitive. Converts elements to lower case before comparing them, resulting in a 'human' sort - where letters sort alphabetically regardless of case.
• last word. Sorts on the last word of the value, using a case-insensitive sort (see above). This is useful when the target attribute values are personal names, as often occurs in bibliographies and blog rolls.

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