[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#949) city report fields don't sort well

["Jason Short via RT" <rt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ChrisK@xxxxxxxx via RT wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 03:14:46PM -0800, Jason Short via RT wrote:
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>>[ChrisK@xxxxxxxx - Sat Nov 16 22:56:27 2002]:
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>>>My patch sorts all fields.
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>>I don't see what your patch does that mine does not?
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> My patch (which I think doesn't apply to cvs any more) sorts
> all sub columns of a given column, e.g from F/P/T it sorted
> by Food, then Production as a second criteria, then Trade as 
> a third.

Ahh.  Frankly, I don't think this additional behavior is worth all of 
the extra code it takes.  If you want to sort by these additional fields 
you can add them directly to the city report (F, P, and T individually 
instead of F/P/T).  What are the odds that it is exactly that method of 
sorting that you want?

I do think that this is the sort of behavior that should be supported in 
general: sorting first by one field and then by another.  But it should 
be possible for the user to control it, otherwise it is of little use IMO.

jason