Find dupes by base name

[bdeshi]

Don, can you add a new "base name" option to the find files | dupes | name dropdown?
This will consider items with <same base name>+<config | templates | increment affix> to be duplicates. Eg

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Dejavu.ttf
Dejavu-0001.ttf
Dejavu-0002.ttf

Alternatively, how do I group items named like this? Configuration > Styles > Grid style > Highlighted Groups (Smart Names) does not help. It seems to group greedily.

[admin]

"Highlighted Groups (Smart Names)" seems to work for such a case.

[bdeshi]

Ah, but it breaks down when I have more items with just slight variations.

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Apparently according to my quick tests, anything with the same 4 starting chars are clumped into one group. If so, can it be better to apply a smarter algorithm that finds similar segments by splitting the name on space, dashes, periods etc? [edit: Although in this case that will still place too many items in one group.]

[admin]

Hmm, I don't get it. Your screenshot looks alright to me.

[bdeshi]

It looks alright because the option I've wished for does not exist.
find files pane | dupes pane | name dropdown | base name should group the items this way:

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DejaVu Sans.ttf
DejaVu Sans-0001.ttf
DejaVu Sans-0002.ttf
DejaVu Sans-0003.ttf
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DejaVu Sans Bold.ttf
DejaVu Sans Bold-0001.ttf
DejaVu Sans Bold-0002.ttf
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DejaVu Sans Bold Oblique.ttf
DejaVu Sans Bold Oblique-0001.ttf
DejaVu Sans Bold Oblique-0002.ttf
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DejaVu Sans Oblique.ttf
DejaVu Sans Oblique-0001.ttf
DejaVu Sans Oblique-0002.ttf
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[admin]

OK, I see. I think this is too difficult.