New extension to convert text to braille

(bzr r4947)

3 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/share/extensions/Makefile.am b/share/extensions/Makefile.am
index 100b906fc..6ad2f17f3 100644
--- a/share/extensions/Makefile.am
+++ b/share/extensions/Makefile.am
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ extensions = \
 	text_flipcase.py \
 	text_randomcase.py \
 	text_replace.py \
+	text_braille.py \
 	txt2svg.pl \
 	webbrowser_askaquestion.py \
 	webbrowser_commandline.py \
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ modules = \
 	text_flipcase.inx \
 	text_randomcase.inx \
 	text_replace.inx \
+	text_braille.inx \   
 	txt2svg.inx \
 	whirl.inx \
 	wmf_input.inx \
diff --git a/share/extensions/text_braille.inx b/share/extensions/text_braille.inx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bd0357be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/extensions/text_braille.inx
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<inkscape-extension>

+	<_name>Convert to Braille</_name>

+	<id>org.inkscape.text.braille</id>

+	<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">chardataeffect.py</dependency>

+	<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">text_braille.py</dependency>

+	<effect>

+		<object-type>all</object-type>

+		<effects-menu>

+			<submenu _name="Text"/>

+		</effects-menu>

+	</effect>

+	<script>

+		<command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">text_braille.py</command>

+	</script>

+</inkscape-extension>

diff --git a/share/extensions/text_braille.py b/share/extensions/text_braille.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5de353827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/extensions/text_braille.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#encoding: utf-8
+import chardataeffect, inkex, string

+
+convert_table = {\
+'a': unicode("⠁", "utf-8"),\
+'b': unicode("⠃", "utf-8"),\
+'c': unicode("⠉", "utf-8"),\
+'d': unicode("⠙", "utf-8"),\
+'e': unicode("⠑", "utf-8"),\
+'f': unicode("⠋", "utf-8"),\
+'g': unicode("⠛", "utf-8"),\
+'h': unicode("⠓", "utf-8"),\
+'i': unicode("⠊", "utf-8"),\
+'j': unicode("⠚", "utf-8"),\
+'k': unicode("⠅", "utf-8"),\
+'l': unicode("⠇", "utf-8"),\
+'m': unicode("⠍", "utf-8"),\
+'n': unicode("⠝", "utf-8"),\
+'o': unicode("⠕", "utf-8"),\
+'p': unicode("⠏", "utf-8"),\
+'q': unicode("⠟", "utf-8"),\
+'r': unicode("⠗", "utf-8"),\
+'s': unicode("⠎", "utf-8"),\
+'t': unicode("⠞", "utf-8"),\
+'u': unicode("⠥", "utf-8"),\
+'v': unicode("⠧", "utf-8"),\
+'w': unicode("⠺", "utf-8"),\
+'x': unicode("⠭", "utf-8"),\
+'y': unicode("⠽", "utf-8"),\
+'z': unicode("⠵", "utf-8"),\
+}
+
+class C(chardataeffect.CharDataEffect):

+

+  def process_chardata(self,text, line, par):

+    r = ""

+    for c in text:
+      if convert_table.has_key(c.lower()):

+        r = r + convert_table[c.lower()]

+      else:

+        r = r + c

+    return r
+

+c = C()

+c.affect()