3 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/list.c b/list.c
index cdedb89..fdf81d3 100644
--- a/list.c
+++ b/list.c
@@ -217,6 +217,40 @@ reverseList(ListPtr old)
     return new;
 }
 
+/* qsort helper for sorting list entries */
+static int
+compareListEntries(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+    const ListPtr lista = *(const ListPtr *) a;
+    const ListPtr listb = *(const ListPtr *) b;
+
+    return strcmp(lista->value, listb->value);
+}
+
+ListPtr
+sortList(ListPtr old)
+{
+    int i;
+    int l = listLength(old);
+    ListPtr n;
+    ListPtr *sorted = malloc(l * sizeof(ListPtr));
+
+    if (sorted == NULL)
+        return old;
+
+    for (n = old, i = 0; n != NULL; n = n->next) {
+        sorted[i++] = n;
+    }
+    qsort(sorted, i, sizeof(ListPtr), compareListEntries);
+    n = sorted[0];
+    for (i = 0; i < (l - 1); i++) {
+        sorted[i]->next = sorted[i+1];
+    }
+    sorted[i]->next = NULL;
+    free(sorted);
+    return n;
+}
+
 void
 destroyList(ListPtr old)
 {
diff --git a/list.h b/list.h
index 4e4bb27..463933d 100644
--- a/list.h
+++ b/list.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ int listLength(ListPtr list);
 ListPtr appendList(ListPtr first, ListPtr second);
 ListPtr makeList(char **a, int n, ListPtr old, int begin);
 ListPtr reverseList(ListPtr old);
+ListPtr sortList(ListPtr old);
 void destroyList(ListPtr old);
 void deepDestroyList(ListPtr old);
 
diff --git a/mkfontscale.c b/mkfontscale.c
index ea4cd27..ef3f490 100644
--- a/mkfontscale.c
+++ b/mkfontscale.c
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ doDirectory(char *dirname_given, int numEncodings, ListPtr encodingsToDo)
 	    exit(1);
 	}
         fprintf(encfile, "%d\n", numEncodings);
+        encodingsToDo = sortList(encodingsToDo);
         for(lp = encodingsToDo; lp; lp = lp->next) {
             fprintf(encfile, "%s\n", lp->value);
         }