Composer sorting question

[DavidHB]

(04-05-2014 16:10)magister Wrote:  If I understand correctly, in order for things to work as desired (sort by composer's last name and display in 'firstname lastname' order) I would need to add a ComposerSort field, copy the data from the Composer field, and then reverse all the entries in the Composer field.

This has confused me, because I do not read the relevant section of the User Guide in this way at all. The User Guide says:

"For example, you can use the option Composer.reverseName.display to display the tag value "Bach, Johann Sebastian" as "Johann Sebastian Bach" on the control point's Now Playing screen"

I read that to mean that if you have a Composer tag and it has the value "Bach, Johann Sebastian", you can display it as "Johann Sebastian Bach" in the control point. If you do this, there is no need to have a ComposerSort tag, and the Composer tag will remain in use (which is, I agree, a good thing).

If this feature had been available when I first started using MinimServer, I would not have committed to using the ComposerSort tag, but I plan to continue doing so, at least for the present. However, I am sure that new users are better off just using the Composer tag in last name, first name format, as magister is already doing.

David