Add stripAccents to KStringHandler

[Thiago Macieira]

Em Thursday 18 October 2007 04:05:16 Frederik Gladhorn escreveu:
> I would like to add one function to KStringHandler which will be used to
> remove accents from QStrings.
>
> This includes all sorts of char variations. "Häáàâllo" will become
> "Haaaallo".
>
> At this moment KHangMan has code like this to do the same with a list of
> accent chars hardcoded. The list is incomplete and not very reliable.
> Adding support for new languages requires code changes to handle special
> characters right now. This can be avoided by using the unicode functions.
> The same applies to Kanagram.
>
> Parley uses the attached method to give feedback for accent mistakes.
>
> The KStringHandler class seems to be the right place for the function.
> Since it only adds a function it is binary compatible.

It seems awfully specific for a method in KStringHandler. It's very simple to 
do it using NFD just like you did in your patch.

And I fear that adding a "noAccents" (actually, no combining symbols, which 
have other markers that aren't accents) function will trigger people trying 
to compare "no accent" versions of strings, which is incorrect for some 
locales.

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