how to sort chinese file names based on pronunciation?

ns666ns@yahoo.com

Hi, I am using english windows XP, I use chinese filenames on my
computer

the problem is, when I sort files in XP, it seems to sort against
unicode values, not based on chinese pronunciation pinyin (or the
chinese GB2312/GB18030 code). some apps also sort chinese the same
way.

any idea how to set that? I played with language settings etc no
success

thank you very much

Ken Blake, MVP

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:30:32 -0700, ns666ns@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hi, I am using english windows XP, I use chinese filenames on my
> computer
>
> the problem is, when I sort files in XP, it seems to sort against
> unicode values, not based on chinese pronunciation pinyin (or the
> chinese GB2312/GB18030 code).


I know nothing about sorting in Chinese, but the way you describe it
sorting is exactly the way I would expect it to do it. I doubt very
much if it has the capability of doing it the way you want.


> some apps also sort chinese the same
> way.
>
> any idea how to set that? I played with language settings etc no
> success
>
> thank you very much

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Allan

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:30:32 -0700, ns666ns@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am using english windows XP, I use chinese filenames on my
>> computer
>>
>> the problem is, when I sort files in XP, it seems to sort against
>> unicode values, not based on chinese pronunciation pinyin (or the
>> chinese GB2312/GB18030 code).
>
>
> I know nothing about sorting in Chinese, but the way you describe it
> sorting is exactly the way I would expect it to do it. I doubt very
> much if it has the capability of doing it the way you want.
>
>
>> some apps also sort chinese the same
>> way.
>>
>> any idea how to set that? I played with language settings etc no
>> success
>>
>> thank you very much
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup
The chinese characters have a transliteration into roman characters . He
would have to find the corresponding transliterated form of the character
and sort on that field instead. I am sure someone else has done this
already; try a dictionary of chinese-english for example.