Omit articles while sorting

[solid]

I propose a feature for removing articles like 'the', 'a' and 'an' while sorting files/dirs. Of course that would be an on/off toggle (cm_command).

Even better, the words for omitting shuold be user defined, so it would be applicable to all languages.

So instead having the list like it is now,

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Gran Torino\
House of Games\
Public Enemies\
Sherlock Holmes\
The Ghost Writer\
The Hurt Locker\
The social network\
True romance\

we could have

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The Ghost Writer\
Gran Torino\
House of Games\
The Hurt Locker\
Public Enemies\
The social network\
Sherlock Holmes\
True romance\

I kind of a more natural sorting.

[Gral]

Was requested, discussed, and, if i remember correctly, rejected by autor few years ago.

[solid]

Shame, that would have been an useful feature.

[ghisler(Author)]

The problem is that this cannot really be done without understanding the context.

[ZoSTeR]

You can achieve this with the RegExp plugin.

Add this rule to the regexp.ini:

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[Regexp]
Rule=articles

[articles]
Find="(^The |^A |^An )(.*)"
Change="$2, $1"
ParceDirs=1

and add a custom column.

[MVV]

The Fox And The Hound...

[Gral]

The The

[solid]

The problem is that this cannot really be done without understanding the context.

What context you cannot understand?

@ZoSTeR
Thx, that works, but it's quite a workaround. That plugin needs improvement.