dundalek/latinize

Simple library to convert accents (diacritics) from strings to latin characters.

Latinize.js

Simple library to convert accents (diacritics) from strings to latin characters.

Install

npm install latinize

Usage

ES module

import latinize from 'latinize';
latinize('ỆᶍǍᶆṔƚÉ áéíóúýčďěňřšťžů'); // => 'ExAmPlE aeiouycdenrstzu'

node.js CommonJS

var latinize = require('latinize');
latinize('ỆᶍǍᶆṔƚÉ áéíóúýčďěňřšťžů');

AMD

require(['latinize'], function(latinize){
  latinize('ỆᶍǍᶆṔƚÉ áéíóúýčďěňřšťžů');
});

browser

<script src="../latinize.js"></script>
<script>
    document.write(latinize('ỆᶍǍᶆṔƚÉ áéíóúýčďěňřšťžů'));
</script>

You can use the latinize.characters object to access the translation table or to change the mapping:

latinize.characters['Ω'] = 'O';

// modify the behavior for German umlauts
_.extend(latinize.characters,
  {'Ä': 'Ae', 'Ö': 'Oe', 'Ü': 'Ue', 'ä': 'ae', 'ö': 'oe', 'ü': 'ue'});

Details

Is is a lookup table taken from http://jsperf.com/latinize packaged for node and browser. Visit the link to see more approaches.

latinize's Issues

How to use multiple instances?

I need to work with two different translation tables:

One translates only non-German characters not included in the PDF embedded font:
const umlauts = {'Ä': 'Ä', 'Ö': 'Ö', 'Ü': 'Ü', 'ä': 'ä', 'ö': 'ö', 'ü': 'ü', 'ß': 'ß'};

Another one is used to make search easier, it translates German characters:
const umlauts = {'Ä': 'Ae', 'Ö': 'Oe', 'Ü': 'Ue', 'ä': 'ae', 'ö': 'oe', 'ü': 'ue', 'ß': 'ss'};

I am using typescript and did import latinize from 'latinize'; in two different files, but changing latinize.characters always changes the values in both instances. Using var latinize = require('latinize'); did not help on the high level, only when put into the function using the translation. But now it is initialised new every time.

Is it possible to use multiple instances at the same time?

Character `𝖓` despite added to latinize not replaced.

Any ideas on what to do with Fraktur Bold characters?

TS support

please , make support for typescript.There is a problem, in your export

Y u no minify?

Thinking of whether there maybe is a legit reason, e.g. characters disappearing or something.

Bower.json has incorrect main file name

There is no latinize-amd.js file in project directory.

License?

Hi!

I found a mention of BSD in the package.json but this is not binding legally.
Could a license file be added?

Thank you!

It seems not working with Angular AoT

Hello. I have an Angular 4 project which I'm using Latinize and it doesn't seem to work with the AoT compiling system. I've been following te Angular official guide: https://angular.io/guide/aot-compiler and trying this command:
node_modules/.bin/ngc -p tsconfig-aot.json, however I get this error due latinize:

Error encountered resolving symbol values statically. Calling function 'makeDecorator', function calls are not supported. Consider replacing the function or lambda with a reference to an exported function, resolving symbol Injectable in /home/danilo/Proyectos/krgo/frontend/node_modules/angular2latinize/node_modules/@angular/core/src/di/metadata.d.ts, resolving symbol OpaqueToken in /home/danilo/Proyectos/krgo/frontend/node_modules/angular2latinize/node_modules/@angular/core/src/di/opaque_token.d.ts, resolving symbol OpaqueToken in /home/danilo/Proyectos/krgo/frontend/node_modules/angular2latinize/node_modules/@angular/core/src/di/opaque_token.d.ts

so I can't change the way Angular compiles and I really need to do it. How can I solve this please??