"The" mangling, take 2

[Andrew Turner]

It's been changed basically like you describe. For a better
explanation, take a look at the SVN commit log which you can find
here: http://svntalk.pwsp.net/project/amaroK/revision/544368

I did CC that commit to the mailing list, but perhaps you didn't get
it in the list changeover.

Andrew

On 26/05/06, Eldad Zack <eldadzack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm all for no mangling, but if you insist, I'd rather have it influnence just
> the sorting, but please don't drop the "The".
> Though I do apply my own patch each release to keep myself happy (very easy
> with gentoo), and beside that, amarok is just perfect for me.
>
> So on the whole I'm very very happy with it... :)
>
> On Wednesday 24 May 2006 01:09, Andrew Turner wrote:
> > Actually, I think that's a great idea; not only would it be prettier,
> > but I believe it would even make the code simpler, so I might make the
> > change sooner than later.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 23/05/06, Shane King <kde at dontletsstart.com> wrote:
> > > Personally, I'd rather that artists sorted as though they didn't have a
> > > "The", but displayed without mangling. Mangling is ugly, there's a reason
> > > virually nobody stores their music as "Lennon, John", so I don't see why
> > > they'd want to do it for "The". If mangling must be done, I'd rather drop
> > > the "The" altogether from the name rather than tacking it on at the end.
> > >
> > > Shane.
>
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