Generate PO file to "formatted" strings

README.md

WARNING: Containing nearly undocumented stuff.

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main.py

from pyicumessageformat import Parser
import polib


def _flatten_data(data, path=""):
    items = []

    if isinstance(data, dict):
        for key, value in data.items():
            new_path = f"{path}.{key}" if path else key
            items.extend(_flatten_data(value, new_path))
    elif isinstance(data, list):
        for index, value in enumerate(data):
            new_path = f"{path}.{index}"
            items.extend(_flatten_data(value, new_path))
    else:
        items.append((path, data))

    return items


def _flatten_mf(mf):
    parser = Parser()
    ast = parser.parse(mf)
    return _flatten_data(ast)


def _gen_tsv(fast):
    result = []
    for i in fast:
        if i[0][-1] in "0123456789":
            result.append(i[1])
    return "\t".join(result)


splat = lambda v: v + "\t" + _gen_tsv(_flatten_mf(v)) + "\n"


def main(pofile, out):
    pofile = polib.pofile(pofile)

    with open(out, "w", encoding="gb18030") as f:
        for entry in pofile:
            f.write(splat(entry.msgid))


import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pofile = "messages.po"
    out = "messages.txt"
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        pofile = sys.argv[1]
    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
        out = sys.argv[2]

    main(pofile, out)

make.py

from json import dumps


def main(m2, m3, out):
    d = {}
    with open(m2, encoding="gb18030") as f:
        with open(m3, encoding="utf8") as g:
            for fl in f:
                gl = g.readline()
                flt = fl.split("\t")
                glt = gl.split("\t")
                d[flt[0]] = {}
                for i in range(1, len(flt)):
                    flti = flt[i]
                    glti = glt[i]
                    d[flt[0]][flti.rstrip()] = glti
    # print(d)

    rr = {}
    for i in d:

        def _replace(s, e):
            r = s
            sk = sorted(e.keys(), key=len, reverse=True)
            for j in sk:
                # print(r)
                k = e[j]
                r = r.replace(j, k)
            return r

        rr[i] = _replace(i, d[i])
    print(rr)

    with open(out, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
        for i in rr:
            j = rr[i]
            f.write(f"\nmsgid {dumps(i)}\nmsgstr {dumps(j)}\n")


import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    m2 = "messages.txt"
    m3 = "messages3.txt"
    out = "final.po"
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        m2 = sys.argv[1]
    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
        m3 = sys.argv[2]
    if len(sys.argv) > 3:
        out = sys.argv[3]

    main(m2, m3, out)