[TxMt] tm_dialog: *.plist | pl -> utf8 SOLUTION

[Hans-Joerg Bibiko]

Here comes my solution:

I wrote two BASH scripts 'plutf8' and 'defaultsread'.


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plutf8 MyPlist

will convert a XML property list in 'old-styled' plist encoded in utf8.
(Hint: MyPlist without .plist extension!!)

example:
   C=$( plutf8 "$TM_BUNDLE_SUPPORT"/bin/HSDOut )


You also can pipe data to plutf8:
example:
   DIA=$( cat "$TM_BUNDLE_SUPPORT"/bin/HSDOut.plist | tm_dialog -m  
hypersearch | plutf8 )



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defaultsread <domain> <key>

reads the <key> from <domain> and converts it to utf8.
(Hint: <domain> without .plist extension!!)

example:
   B=$( defaultsread "$TM_BUNDLE_SUPPORT"/bin/HSDOut searchString )


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Both scripts also converts UTF-16 surrogates. So you can use it for  
Unicode characters which are specified above 0xFFFF.
(Because I'm dealing with such characters a lot ;) )

So, if you are expecting such characters you can use these scripts  
instead of 'pl' and 'defaults read' and you will get what did you enter.


I put these scripts into $TM_SUPPORT_PATH/bin so there is no need to  
write the path.

Maybe these scripts are worth to put into the TM release (?)

Comments??


All the best,

Hans

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