From 6372dbba691b0c4fe33d9b15012a831d52955f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nova <email@nova.gay>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 21:58:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improvements to sort_random

---
 interactions.c |  7 ++-----
 main.c         |  5 ++---
 sorting.c      | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/interactions.c b/interactions.c
index 5c154b6..7e4169c 100644
--- a/interactions.c
+++ b/interactions.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ extern unsigned int status;
 extern char *start_path;
 extern char *input;
 
-extern time_t *seed;
+extern time_t seed;
 
 char search_buffer[INPUT_BUFFER_SIZE];
 unsigned int input_pass;
@@ -611,10 +611,7 @@ void jump_to_dir(unsigned long passes, int index){
 void order_by(unsigned long passes, int index){
 	(void)passes;
 
-	free(seed);
-	seed = NULL;
-	seed = malloc(sizeof(time_t));
-	*seed = time(NULL);
+	seed = time(NULL);
 
 	order_func = key_binding[index].black_magic;
 	status |= (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_MASK | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY);
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 032de70..4e20845 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ unsigned int file_modifiers;
 unsigned int status = (STATUS_RUN_BACKEND | STATUS_UPDATE_SCREEN_MASK | STATUS_RELOAD_DIRECTORY); 
 char *start_path;
 char *global_path;
-time_t *seed;
+time_t seed;
 
 WINDOW *win_t;
 WINDOW *win_b;
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ void init() {
 	setenv("START_PATH", start_path, 0);
 	free(start_path);
 
-	seed = malloc(sizeof(time_t));
-	*seed = time(NULL);
+	seed = time(NULL);
 
 }
diff --git a/sorting.c b/sorting.c
index 1eae484..b8973e9 100644
--- a/sorting.c
+++ b/sorting.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "defines.h"
 
-extern time_t *seed;
+extern time_t seed;
 
 int skip_hidden_files(const struct dirent *entry){
 
@@ -117,15 +117,19 @@ int sort_random(const void *file0, const void *file1){
 	if (!(((file*)file0)->file_type & FILE_TYPE_DIR) && (((file*)file1)->file_type & FILE_TYPE_DIR)) {
 			return 1;
 	}
-	time_t num = ((time_t)&sort_random)^((time_t)sort_natural);
-	int i = 1;
-	for (; i < 6; i++) {
-		num += *seed;
-		num ^= num << ((((time_t)&seed)%6)+i);
-		num ^= num >> ((((time_t)&num)%9)+i);
+	time_t num = ((time_t)&sort_random) + (time_t)seed + getpid();
+	int i;
+	for (i = 1; i < (((time_t)&seed)%10); i++) {
+		num += getpid() / seed;
+		num ^= num << ((((time_t)seed)%11)+i);
+		num += ((file*)file0)->file_size;
+		num ^= num >> ((((time_t)seed)%7)+i);
+		num -= ((file*)file1)->file_size;
 	}
 
-	return ((num%3) - 1);
+	/*printf("%ld\n", ((num & (3 << seed%16)) >> seed%16) - 1);*/
+	return (((num & (3 << seed%32)) >> seed%32) - 1);
+	/*return ((num%3) - 1);*/
 
 }
 int sort_type(const void *file0, const void *file1){