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<h2>Programmer's Corner</h2>
Here are some python scripts, modules, and code snippets which could be of interest to fellow python programmers.<br>
These are all used within Métamorphose, but can be used in other programs or in shell scripts.<br>
Check each file for licensing info.
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<h3>accentStrip.py</h3>
Removes accents and splits linked letters (ligatures) from the full set of Unicode
Latin characters for ASCII compatability.
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<b>Usage:</b>
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import accentStrip
test = <span style='color:red;'>u"¡ŦĦË Ɋṻîčḵ Ƀṝọẁñ Ḟøẍ Ɉṻḿṗş Ṏṽḝŗ Ŧĥệ Ⱡåẕÿ Ğṑð! ¿Cette œuvre là? Große. ॐ"</span>

<i style='color:blue;'># automatically choose best method</i>
<b style='color:purple;'>print</b> accentStrip.autoConvert(test)

<i style='color:blue;'># full conversion, slow for large strings</i>
<b style='color:purple;'>print</b> accentStrip.fullConvert(test)

<i style='color:blue;'># no squashing but much faster for large strings such as files</i>
<b style='color:purple;'>print</b> accentStrip.fastConvert(test)
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Input is Unicode, the output is Unicode which will map directly to ASCII.<br>
Up to you to convert to/from your encoding.
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<h3>greek_numb.py</h3>
Convert whole numbers to Greek numerals. In the case of a negative integer, its absolute value will be used.<br>
Input can be an integer or a string, output will be in unicode.<br>
Based on <a href='http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Convert::Number::Greek'>Greek.pm</a><br>
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<b>Example usage in python:</b><br>
import greek_numb as greek<br>
greek_number = greek.int2greek(1984, arch_qoppa=True)<br>
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<b>Variables (default values shown):</b><br>
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<li>numbersign = <b>True</b>
<li>Append the Greek numerical symbol 'ʹ' to number
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<li>upper = <b>False</b>
<li>Return capital letters
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<li>stigma = <b>True</b>
<li>Use stigma 'ϛ' rather than sigma-tau 'στ' for 6<br>
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<li>arch_qoppa = <b>False</b>
<li>Use archaic qoppa 'ϙ' rather than modern 'ϟ' for 90
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<b>Usage from command line:</b><br>
greek_numb.py --help
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<b>Testing in bash:</b><br>
    for ((i=0; i<=100; i=i+1)); do ./greek_numb.py $i; done;
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