Asciifying File Names
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P. Douglas Reeder
Apr 29, 2012, 2:32:10 PM4/29/12
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I have an external requirement to convert user-specified file name to
ASCII-only versions. My current code is:
function asciiOnly(str) {
var buffer = new Buffer(str, "ascii");
return buffer.toString();
}
...but this is not entirely satisfactory. In particular, I'd like to
do preserve meaning through conventional substitutions such as ae for
German ä. Any suggestions?
ASCII-only versions. My current code is:
function asciiOnly(str) {
var buffer = new Buffer(str, "ascii");
return buffer.toString();
}
...but this is not entirely satisfactory. In particular, I'd like to
do preserve meaning through conventional substitutions such as ae for
German ä. Any suggestions?
mscdex
Apr 29, 2012, 4:41:35 PM4/29/12
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On Apr 29, 2:32 pm, "P. Douglas Reeder" <reeder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...but this is not entirely satisfactory. In particular, I'd like to
> do preserve meaning through conventional substitutions such as ae for
> German ä. Any suggestions?
Your best bet will probably be using the iconv module (https://
> ...but this is not entirely satisfactory. In particular, I'd like to
> do preserve meaning through conventional substitutions such as ae for
> German ä. Any suggestions?
github.com/bnoordhuis/node-iconv) with the //TRANSLIT option.
Andrew Weeks
May 1, 2012, 7:17:56 AM5/1/12
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I used the code here to do this. It's just an array of substitutions, so you can obviously edit it if it doesn't meet your requirements. Clearly it's a lot less powerful than iconv, but it may be sufficient (and it runs on Windows too :).
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