[mkgmap-dev] Command to transliterate Characters/Cyrillic/Greek into latin1 even for Unicode maps?

Mon Aug 11 22:26:35 BST 2014

Hi Felix

> Could there be a command like {set name='${mkgmap:trans:name}' }
> That way one could build a map that is usable for people who do
> understand the local script/language, and who don't by setting all names
> e.g.
> name=('name:en|name:int|mkgmap:trans:name''(name in e.g. Japanese Script) '

A quick patch attached which is a first attempt at such a thing.

Usage:

    ${name|ascii:}
    ${name|latin1:}

You need the colon there at the moment, but I will fix that if we go
with this syntax.  An alternative syntax could be: 
${name|transliterate:ascii}

> Even better would of course be if there would be an additional function
> to check if "name" is already in two scripts - this is often the case
> for Japan or Thailand or Singapore... Dunno if that is easy to
> implement. I hope/guess the above /mkgmap:trans:name/ would be easy, as
> the code exists if you use e.g. --latin1.
>
> --
> keep on biking and discovering new trails
>
> Felix
> openmtbmap.org &www.velomap.org
>
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