convertAccentCharutf8.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys
from GlyphSprites import Sprites

def enc(letter):
    return letter.encode('cp1252')


dictGlyph = {
    enc(u'é'): ('e', Sprites.letterEacute),
    enc(u'è'): ('e', Sprites.letterEgrave),
    enc(u'ê'): ('e', Sprites.letterEcirc),
    enc(u'ë'): ('e', Sprites.letterEuml),
    enc(u'É'): ('E', None),
    enc(u'È'): ('E', None),
    enc(u'Ê'): ('E', None),
    enc(u'Ë'): ('E', None),
    enc(u'à'): ('a', Sprites.letterAgrave),
    enc(u'À'): ('A', None),
    enc(u'ù'): ('u', Sprites.letterUgrave),
    enc(u'ô'): ('o', Sprites.letterOcirc),
    enc(u'Ô'): ('O', None)
}

maxCustomChar = 8

def convertMsg(message, glyphList=[], charList=[], maxChar=maxCustomChar):
    """ return message and glyph list """
    new_msg = ''
    offset_glyph_list= len(glyphList) - len(charList)

    for c in message:
        if c in dictGlyph:
            if c in charList:  # glyph has already been added to the list, so use it!
                new_msg += chr(offset_glyph_list + charList.index(c))
            else:
                glyphTuple = dictGlyph[c]
                if len(glyphList) < maxChar and glyphTuple[1] is not None:  # is there still a free place? is a glyph defined ?
                    glyphList.append(glyphTuple[1])
                    charList.append(c)
                    new_msg += chr(len(glyphList)-1)
                else:
                    new_msg += glyphTuple[0]  # use replacement char (because there is no glyph or because there is no more place for custom char)
        else:
            new_msg += c  # add normal char to the message
    return (new_msg, glyphList, charList)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(repr(dictGlyph))
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        print(repr(convertMsg(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]).decode('utf-8').encode('cp1252'))))
    else:
        print(repr(convertMsg(enc(u'Accents du a : à\nAccents du e: éèëÈÉÊË\nAccents du u: ù\nAccents du o : ôÔ'))))