properly sort plugin menus

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/2.0-ongoing@3286 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/plugin_selector.cc b/gtk2_ardour/plugin_selector.cc
index 41bcd18af1..f812ac0f39 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/plugin_selector.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/plugin_selector.cc
@@ -452,6 +452,24 @@ PluginSelector::on_show ()
 	filter_entry.grab_focus ();
 }
 
+struct PluginMenuCompare {
+    bool operator() (PluginInfoPtr a, PluginInfoPtr b) const {
+	    int cmp;
+
+	    cmp = strcasecmp (a->creator.c_str(), b->creator.c_str());
+
+	    if (cmp < 0) {
+		    return true;
+	    } else if (cmp == 0) {
+		    /* same creator ... compare names */
+		    if (strcasecmp (a->name.c_str(), b->name.c_str()) < 0) {
+			    return true;
+		    } 
+	    }
+	    return false;
+    }
+};
+
 Gtk::Menu&
 PluginSelector::plugin_menu()
 {
@@ -485,6 +503,9 @@ PluginSelector::plugin_menu()
 	all_plugs.insert (all_plugs.end(), manager->lv2_plugin_info().begin(), manager->lv2_plugin_info().end());
 #endif
 
+	PluginMenuCompare cmp;
+	all_plugs.sort (cmp);
+
 	for (PluginInfoList::const_iterator i = all_plugs.begin(); i != all_plugs.end(); ++i) {
 		SubmenuMap::iterator x;
 		Gtk::Menu* submenu;