[RFC] [PATCH] Autoindex: support sorting using URL parameters

Peter Wu lekensteyn at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 21:02:28 UTC 2013


On Wednesday 30 January 2013 22:54:29 Valentin V. Bartenev wrote:
> I would prefer something like "autoindex_sort" directive
> 
>   autoindex_sort criterion [ order ];
> 
> with variables support.
> 
> And if user want Apache-like behavior then he will be able to configure
> it like this:
> 
>   map $arg_C   $criteria {
>       default  name;
>       M        modified;
>       S        size;
>   }
> 
>   map $arg_O   $ord {
>       default  asc;
>       D        desc;
>   }
> 
>   autoindex_sort $criteria $ord;

Nice idea, definitively worth implementing. And for the ";" thing, that could 
be done with a rewrite right?

What is your opinion on extending the autoindex module with support for adding 
a header with clickable links or something fancy like that?

Regards,
Peter



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