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Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:53:37 +0200
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On 06/09/11 16:46, ssegvic wrote:
> For the moment, I only wish to properly sort a Croatian text file
> both on Windows and Linux (I am a cautious guy, I like reachable
> goals).
> When the locale is properly set, sorting works like a charm
> with mylist.sort(key=locale.strxfrm).

The problem with that is of course that a Croatian locale has to be
installed. Many Linux systems don't have locales that aren't used.