extension to add a glyph layer. It is rather simple now, but may be more usefull in the future. It is supposed to be used with a future extension that handles those layers with id="GlyphLayer-<unicode char>" and convert them into an svg font

(bzr r10213)

3 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/share/extensions/Makefile.am b/share/extensions/Makefile.am
index 38c8354c4..4beb0e663 100644
--- a/share/extensions/Makefile.am
+++ b/share/extensions/Makefile.am
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ extensions = \
 	markers_strokepaint.py \
 	measure.py \
 	motion.py \
+	new_glyph_layer.py \
 	outline2svg.pl	\
 	param_curves.py \
 	pathalongpath.py\
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ modules = \
 	markers_strokepaint.inx \
 	measure.inx \
 	motion.inx \
+	new_glyph_layer.inx \
 	outline2svg.inx \
 	param_curves.inx \
 	pathalongpath.inx\
diff --git a/share/extensions/new_glyph_layer.inx b/share/extensions/new_glyph_layer.inx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c46f5caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/extensions/new_glyph_layer.inx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
+  <_name>Add Glyph Layer</_name>
+  <id>org.inkscape.typography.newglyphlayer</id>
+  <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
+  <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">new_glyph_layer.py</dependency>
+  <param name="unicode" type="string" _gui-text="Unicode character:"></param>
+  <effect>
+    <object-type>all</object-type>
+    <effects-menu>
+      <submenu _name="Typography"/>
+    </effects-menu>
+  </effect>
+  <script>
+    <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">new_glyph_layer.py</command>
+  </script>
+</inkscape-extension>
diff --git a/share/extensions/new_glyph_layer.py b/share/extensions/new_glyph_layer.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3d38fb433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/extensions/new_glyph_layer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+'''
+Copyright (C) 2011 Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+'''
+
+import inkex
+import sys
+
+class NewGlyphLayer(inkex.Effect):
+	def __init__(self):
+		inkex.Effect.__init__(self)
+		self.OptionParser.add_option("-u", "--unicodechar",
+						action="store", type="string",
+						dest="unicodechar", default='',
+						help="Unicode char")
+
+	def effect(self):
+		# Get all the options
+		unicode_char = self.options.unicodechar
+
+		# Get access to main SVG document element
+		svg = self.document.getroot()
+
+		# Create a new layer.
+		layer = inkex.etree.SubElement(svg, 'g')
+		layer.set(inkex.addNS('label', 'inkscape'), 'GlyphLayer-'+unicode_char)
+		layer.set(inkex.addNS('groupmode', 'inkscape'), 'layer')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	e = NewGlyphLayer()
+	e.affect()
+