Nautilus is not honoring the system-wide LC_COLLATE

[Uqbar]

Binary package hint: nautilus

In my home directory I have the following directories:
Destop
bin
.config
.Skype
In /etc/default/locale I also have
LC_COLLATE="C"

The "ls -ad" command correctly shows:
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.Skype .config Desktop bin
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as "." is ASCII 46, "A" is ASCII 65 and "a" is ASCII 97.
Nautilus, instead shows:
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Desktop
bin
.Skype
.config
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun 1 16:56:30 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_COLLATE=C
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for sent it upstream.

[Cedric L'homme (rangzen)]

Hello,
Nautilus use it if you define LC_COLLATE in /etc/environment instead of /etc/default/locale

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Cedric, LC_COLLATE (as well as all LC_* settings) are environment variables when they are defined, and not settings in a configuration file.
Nautilus should inspect its environment for localization variables like $LANGUAGE and, of course, $LC_*.

[dobey (dobey)]

This appears to be that Nautilus simply sorts hidden files (and directories) after all the visible files and directories, and has nothing to do with what the value of LC_COLLATE is (the hidden files and directories are correctly sorted within themselves), but is simply a bug that it is sorting them separately, rather than as part of the whole set.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Try this in an empty directory:
~ touch A b C d
Then try Nautilus in that directory with LC_COLLATE="C".
You'll see this order: A b C d instead of the right one: "A C b d".
It doesn't matter whether the first character in the name is a "." or not.
That "simply sorts..." sentence would require a quite complex and weird code in the Nautilus sources, though.