pagetotal sorts alphabetically (not numerically)

[distressingly]

JabRef version

6.0-alpha

Operating system

Windows

Details on version and operating system

Windows 11 24H2

Checked with the latest development build (copy version output from About dialog)

• I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
• I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

1. Add pagetotal to entry table columns.
2. Add entries with varying pagetotals.
3. Sort:

Appendix

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[alguiguilo098]

@distressingly I’m new to the community. I want to contribute to the community. Can you help me set up my environment

[koppor]

@alguiguilo098 How can we help you reading https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md?

[calixtus]

I think the comparator needs to be adapted here.

[kaushikaW]

I tried to do this issue but I cant find how to manually add values to page total column to reproduce the behavior can you give a help @koppor @calixtus

[calixtus]

Hi, either you have an entrytype supporting pagetotal, then its in the Optional fields:

Or the entrytype does not support pagetotal, than you can find it in Other Fields.

You can always enter it manually in the source editor.

[koppor]

@kaushikaW Feel free to update https://devdocs.jabref.org/ and/or https://docs.jabref.org/ for a guidedance for newcomers into JabRef. We often experience that interested students have no clue about bibliography management, BibTeX and working with key/value paris.

[kaushikaW]

/assign-me

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