Paragraph catalog sort order

[Fred Ridder]

Jim Owens wrote (in two postings):> The writer who reported this problem tells me she solved it by 
> uninstalling and reinstalling FrameMaker. I asked whether she applied 
> any patches to the new install. She says that FrameMaker updates "were 
> automatically cued and applied shortly after the software was installed."
> 
> Jim Owens wrote:
> > FWIW, one of our writers reported that the paragraph catalog sorts 
> > differently on her home PC than her work PC. At first glance, it 
> > appeared to be a simple reverse sort, but it was her home PC so we did 
> > not investigate closely.
 
Well, reinstalling is not actually the solution but at least it pointed
me in the right direction. I uninstalled the p277 patch, and guess what?
The paragraph catalog sorts the way it always did in older versions of
FrameMaker. I reinstalled the p277 patch, and I'm back to the screwy
sort order. And when I read the file ReadmeForPatch804.txt, guess what 
I found as the second item in the list of "List of major issues resolved 
in this update"?  I quote:
* FM catalogs don't sort properly. 
 
In other words, the screwy sort order is the result of a *deliberate*fix*
for the sort order in p277. I guess the way the catalogs always used 
to be sorted was suddenly deemed "improper". Bah!!
 
-Fred Ridder