Add a roster_sort option to sort the contacts inside the roster groups

- defaults to jid_show (which means that they are sorted into sub-groups
  by show and are sorted by JID inside those)
- See the default config file or the documentation for details

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/data/default_config.cfg b/data/default_config.cfg
index d674e098..aedd2413 100644
--- a/data/default_config.cfg
+++ b/data/default_config.cfg
@@ -223,6 +223,19 @@ show_roster_jids = true
 # If set to true, the roster will display the offline contacts too
 roster_show_offline = false
 
+# How to sort the contacts inside the roster groups.
+# They are used sequentially, (from left to right)
+# Available sorting methods are:
+#   - reverse: reverse the sorting
+#   - jid: sort by JID (alphabetical order)
+#   - show: sort by show (available/away/xa/…)
+#   - name: Sort by roster name (if no name, then the bare jid is used)
+#   - resource: Sort by resource number
+# You can arrange them however you like, and you have to separate them with
+# underscores "_". Keep in mind that if there are more than 3 or 4 your sorting
+# is most likely inefficient.
+roster_sort = jid_show
+
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