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K, upgraded to the new one. I don't think the paper bag is necessary when you plug the holes so damn fast. The fast fixes are your badge of honor =P next to the functionality of your program, of course, which is awesome all by itself ^^


So, onto testing. I don't even really know what it means to be "Natural" sorted (what kind of godawful naming structures you would need to plan ahead for), so let's start with some random files to see how things stack up.

With files that like to have the fun fun 1 2 3 ... 10 11.png numbering system, Natural ordering seems to work as expected.

However, for files that work fine in ascii mode, you get some interesting behavior in natural mode.

"v02c13 - 066-067.png" is first in the archive above "v02c10 - 000.jpg" (rawr double pages with dashes)

"117c.jpg" is last in the archive next to a "118c.jpg", way after the 194 other pages (random *** color pages)

"193.jpg" and "194.jpg" is somehow near the beginning next to "002.jpg" (this one i don't really understand, something to do with mixed formats of png and jpg, probably)

This just gives me a headache, as there's probably a couple dozen other cute ways to screw with sorting that i can't even begin to think about, but its just a test, as this file works perfectly fine in ascii mode.

Probably should just run in ascii normally and switch to natural for problem files, but what if its a problem file AND it has crazy format changes and random characters afterwards, the horror. I'd totally say this isn't a priority as the chances of that should (hopefully) be quite low and to work on stuff that's worthwhile, but just letting you know, in case you have a magical workaround that can precog stupid human inconsistancies and have the computer understand =P

I'll play around some more tomorrow to see if i can dig up some other strange things, but otherwise, things look good... if only I can come up with some good keybindings for all situations.

Speaking of which, is there a way you can implement binding multiple keys to one action? I can get in Special mode for Right handed Portrait keybindings, but being able to put in a bunch of keys for the same action would make multi-modal use more viable (two handed, left handed, right handed operation, for those long reading sessions where you need to keep switching hands =P) N800 totally wouldn't bother with it, but could be useful on N810.

My lament will always end up being "rawr why no dpad on face" and "no hardware buttons on the right, guess I'll hold the tablet at an awkward angle so i can reach the buttons"...

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