Index: tools/genlang
===================================================================
--- tools/genlang	(revision 13634)
+++ tools/genlang	(working copy)
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
 #
 # Now start the scanning of the selected language string
 #
-
+my $sort_string; # sort order string is placed in a seperate buffer
 open(LANG, "<$input") || die "couldn't read language file named $input\n";
 my @phrase;
 while(<LANG>) {
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@
                     if($idstr =~ /^VOICE/) {
                         $idnum = $voiceid++;
                     }
+                    elsif ($idstr =~ /^LANG_ORDERING_STRING/) {
+                        $sort_string = $dest;
+                        next;
+                    }
                     else {
                         $idnum = $idcount++;
                     }
@@ -471,6 +475,16 @@
         }
     }
 }
+if ($sort_string) {
+        $idstr = "LANG_ORDERING_STRING";
+        $idnum = $idcount++; # needs to go after the voice strings
+        $id{$idstr} = $idnum;
+        $idnum[$idnum]=$idstr;
+        
+        $source{$idstr}=$sort_string;
+        $dest{$idstr}=$sort_string;
+        $voice{$idstr}="";
+}
 
 if($prefix) {
     # We create a .c and .h file
Index: apps/misc.h
===================================================================
--- apps/misc.h	(revision 13634)
+++ apps/misc.h	(working copy)
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
+int alphabetical_strcmp(char *s1, char *s2);
+
 /* Format a large-range value for output, using the appropriate unit so that
  * the displayed value is in the range 1 <= display < 1000 (1024 for "binary"
  * units) if possible, and 3 significant digits are shown. If a buffer is
Index: apps/lang/english.lang
===================================================================
--- apps/lang/english.lang	(revision 13634)
+++ apps/lang/english.lang	(working copy)
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@
 # used to simply get the full set of english strings for a particular target.
 #
 <phrase>
+  id: LANG_ORDERING_STRING
+  desc:
+  user:
+  <source>
+    *: ""
+  </source>
+  <dest>
+    *: "0123456789AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz"
+  </dest>
+  <voice>
+    *: ""
+  </voice>
+</phrase>
+<phrase>
   id: LANG_SET_BOOL_YES
   desc: bool true representation
   user:
Index: apps/filetree.c
===================================================================
--- apps/filetree.c	(revision 13634)
+++ apps/filetree.c	(working copy)
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@
             if (global_settings.sort_case)
                 return strncmp(e1->name, e2->name, MAX_PATH);
             else
-                return strncasecmp(e1->name, e2->name, MAX_PATH);
+                return alphabetical_strcmp(e1->name, e2->name);
 
         case 4: /* sort alphabetically desc */
             if (global_settings.sort_case)
                 return strncmp(e2->name, e1->name, MAX_PATH);
             else
-                return strncasecmp(e2->name, e1->name, MAX_PATH);
+                return alphabetical_strcmp(e2->name, e1->name);
 
         case 1: /* sort date */
             return e1->time_write - e2->time_write;
Index: apps/misc.c
===================================================================
--- apps/misc.c	(revision 13634)
+++ apps/misc.c	(working copy)
@@ -71,6 +71,24 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+int alphabetical_strcmp(char *s1, char *s2)
+{
+    char *alphabet_string = str(LANG_ORDERING_STRING);
+    char *c1, *c2;
+    while (*s1 && *s2)
+    {
+        c1 = strchr(alphabet_string, *s1++);
+        c2 = strchr(alphabet_string, *s2++);
+        if (c1 && c2)
+        {
+            if (c1 != c2)
+                return c1 - c2;
+            else return (c1)?1:0;
+        }
+    }
+    return (*s1)?-1:(*s2)?1:0;
+}
+
 /* Format a large-range value for output, using the appropriate unit so that
  * the displayed value is in the range 1 <= display < 1000 (1024 for "binary"
  * units) if possible, and 3 significant digits are shown. If a buffer is