RoboFont Script that offers a small UI for copying the selected glyphs in different ways.

copyNamesToClipboard.py

# coding: utf-8
# menuTitle : Copy Names To Clipboard
# shortCut : command+shift+C

import vanilla
from defconAppKit.windows.baseWindow import BaseWindowController
from mojo.roboFont import CurrentFont, CurrentGlyph, AllFonts, OpenWindow
from AppKit import NSPasteboardTypeString, NSPasteboard

"""
   Little window that shows a list of the currently selected glyphs,
   with different format options, with spaces, commas, slashes, or as unicode.
   v 1 April 17 2017 
   v 1.1 March 29 2021 

    ǺÆÐØÞĐĦIJĿŁŊŒŦǻßæðøþđħijŀłŋœŧ

    Aringacute AE Eth Oslash Thorn Dcroat Hbar IJ Ldot Lslash Eng OE Tbar aringacute germandbls ae eth oslash thorn dcroat hbar ij ldot lslash eng oe tbar

    Aringacute, AE, Eth, Oslash, Thorn, Dcroat, Hbar, IJ, Ldot, Lslash, Eng, OE, Tbar, aringacute, germandbls, ae, eth, oslash, thorn, dcroat, hbar, ij, ldot, lslash, eng, oe, tbar

    /Aringacute/AE/Eth/Oslash/Thorn/Dcroat/Hbar/IJ/Ldot/Lslash/Eng/OE/Tbar/aringacute/germandbls/ae/eth/oslash/thorn/dcroat/hbar/ij/ldot/lslash/eng/oe/tbar
"""


        
class NameCopier(BaseWindowController):
    maxTitleLength = 20
    #sampleText = ["Copy the names", "of selected glyphs", "in a couple of useful", "formats to the clipboard."]
    sampleText = [u"⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️", u"⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️", u"⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️", u"⚪️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️", u"⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️", u"⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️", u"⚪️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️", u"⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️", u"⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️", u"⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚫️⚪️",]

    def __init__(self):
        self.w = vanilla.Window((170, 320), u"⌘C")
        self.w.l = vanilla.List((0,0,0,-120), self.sampleText)
        self.w.copyAsGlyphNames = vanilla.Button((2,-118,-2,20), "names", self.click, sizeStyle="small")
        self.w.copyAsGlyphNames.tag = "names"
        self.w.copyAsGlyphNames.bind("1", [])
        self.w.copyAsGlyphNamesComma = vanilla.Button((2,-98,-2,20), "quoted names + comma", self.click, sizeStyle="small")
        self.w.copyAsGlyphNamesComma.tag = "comma"
        self.w.copyAsGlyphNamesComma.bind("2", [])
        self.w.copyAsSlashedNames = vanilla.Button((2,-78,-2,20), "slash + name", self.click, sizeStyle="small")
        self.w.copyAsSlashedNames.tag = "slash"
        self.w.copyAsSlashedNames.bind("3", [])
        self.w.copyAsUnicode = vanilla.Button((2,-58,-2,20), "Unicode text", self.click, sizeStyle="small")
        self.w.copyAsUnicode.tag = "unicode"
        self.w.copyAsUnicode.bind("4", [])
        self.w.copyAsFeatureGroup = vanilla.Button((2,-38,-2,20), "feature group", self.click, sizeStyle="small")
        self.w.copyAsFeatureGroup.tag = "feature"
        self.w.copyAsFeatureGroup.bind("5", [])
        self.w.caption = vanilla.TextBox((6,-15,-5,20), "Copy selected names to clipboard", sizeStyle="mini")
        self.setUpBaseWindowBehavior()
        self.w.bind("became main", self.update)
        self.w.bind("became key", self.update)
        self.update()
        self.w.open()
        self.w.l.setSelection([])
    
    def update(self, sender=None):
        self.font = CurrentFont()
        if self.font is None:
            names = []
        else:
            names = self.getSelection()
        if len(names)==0:
            self.w.l.set(self.sampleText)
            self.w.copyAsGlyphNames.setTitle("names")
            self.w.copyAsGlyphNamesComma.setTitle("quoted names + comma")
            self.w.copyAsSlashedNames.setTitle("slashed names")
            self.w.copyAsUnicode.setTitle("Unicode text")
            self.w.copyAsFeatureGroup.setTitle("feature group")
        else:
            self.w.l.set(names)
            self.w.copyAsGlyphNames.setTitle(self._asTitle(self._asSpacedNames(names)))
            self.w.copyAsGlyphNamesComma.setTitle(self._asTitle(self._asQuotesAndCommasNames(names)))
            
            self.w.copyAsSlashedNames.setTitle(self._asTitle(self._asSlashedNames(names)))
            self.w.copyAsUnicode.setTitle(self._asTitle(self._asUnicodeText(names)))
            self.w.copyAsFeatureGroup.setTitle(self._asTitle(self._asFeatureGroup(names)))
        if len(names)==0:
            if self.font is None:
                self.w.caption.set("No current font")
            else:
                self.w.caption.set("No glyphs selected")
        else:
            self.w.caption.set("Copy %d names"%(len(names)))
    
    def _asSpacedNames(self, names):
        return " ".join(names)

    def _asQuotesAndCommasNames(self, names):
        return ", ".join(["\"%s\""%s for s in names])
    
    def _asSlashedNames(self, names):
        return "/"+"/".join(names)

    def _asUnicodeText(self, names):
        return "/"+"/".join(names)

    def _asFeatureGroup(self, names):
        return "[%s]"%" ".join(names)
    
    def _asTitle(self, text):
        if len(text)<self.maxTitleLength:
            return text
        return text[:self.maxTitleLength]+u"…"
        
    def _asUnicodeText(self, names):
        text = ""
        for n in names:
            if self.font[n].unicode is not None:
                try:
                    text += unichr(self.font[n].unicode)
                except NameError:
                    # python 3
                    text += chr(self.font[n].unicode)
        if not text:
            return "[no unicodes]"
        return text
    
    def getSelection(self):
        ordered = []
        missing = []
        sel = list(set(self.font.templateSelection) | set(self.font.selection))
        for n in self.font.lib['public.glyphOrder']:
            if n in sel:
                ordered.append(n)
        expanded = []
        return ordered
        
    def click(self, sender):
        t = sender.tag
        f = CurrentFont()
        if f is None:
            return
        names = self.getSelection()
        copyable = ""
        if t == "names":
            copyable = self._asSpacedNames(names)
        elif t == "comma":
            copyable = self._asQuotesAndCommasNames(names)
        elif t == "slash":
            copyable = self._asSlashedNames(names)
        elif t == "feature":
            copyable = self._asFeatureGroup(names)
        elif t == "unicode":
            copyable = self._asUnicodeText(names)
        self._toPasteBoard(copyable)
        self.w.caption.set("%d names to clipboard!"%(len(names)))

    def _toPasteBoard(self, text):
        pb = NSPasteboard.generalPasteboard()
        pb.clearContents()
        pb.declareTypes_owner_([
            NSPasteboardTypeString,
        ], None)
        pb.setString_forType_(text,  NSPasteboardTypeString)

if __name__ == "__main__":            
    OpenWindow(NameCopier)