[X Newbies] Printing a list of items

[VS]

At 15.22 -0400 04-06-01, Alex wrote:
>On Tuesday, Jun 1, 2004, at 14:00 Canada/Eastern, VS wrote:
>
>>  [...] when I copy everything in a listed folder like this and 
>>paste it the items get pasted in no specific order. It's not 
>>alphabetical, not reverse alphabetical, not creation time or any 
>>other known order, just random. [...]
>
>Believe or not, it's a feature, not a bug... well, actually it's a 
>turkey (design flaw). The order isn't random, but it's not anything 
>useful to you. There's a partial work-around: switch to Column view 
>before copying. The pasted list will be sorted by item name. It's 
>partial, because this way you don't get a recursive listing.
>

Thanks, that solved it indeed! Great tip for simple folder listings! :-)
But you got me curious, you wrote "The order isn't random, but it's 
not anything useful to you", and now I wonder what order is actually 
used.

/ Vicki