recode.scm

;;; Character set conversions

;; Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 Brailcom, o.p.s.

;; Author: Milan Zamazal <pdm@brailcom.org>

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(require 'fileio)


(define (recode string from to)
  (if (string-equal string "")
      string
      (with-temp-file-data (tmpfile string)
        (with-temp-file out-tmpfile
          (system (format nil "iconv -c -f %s -t %s//TRANSLIT -o %s %s" from to out-tmpfile tmpfile))
          (read-file out-tmpfile)))))

(defvar recode-special-utf8-translations
  '(("​" " ")))

(define (recode-utf8->current string)
  (let ((translations recode-special-utf8-translations))
    (while translations
      (let ((translation (car translations)))
        (set! string (string-replace string (car translation) (cadr translation))))
      (set! translations (cdr translations))))
  (let ((coding (current-voice-coding)))
    (if (eq? coding 'utf-8)
        string
        (recode string 'utf-8 coding))))


(provide 'recode)