dull.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

"""
dull(1)                                                                dull(1)



NAME
       dull -- the opposite of pointed

SYNOPSIS
       cat pointed-sro.txt | dull > unpointed-sro.txt

DESCRIPTION
       dull  converts  Cree text written in Standard Roman Orthography and re-
       moves the diacritics marking long vowels.  In syllabics, writing script
       with  long  vowels  marked  is  called  "pointed" script.  So what's it
       called when writing is missing the length diacritics?

       lol except for <ê>. <ê> is always long.

LICENSE
       This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

       Anyone  is  free  to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or dis-
       tribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled  bi-
       nary,  for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

       In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author  or  authors
       of  this  software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the soft-
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       the  public  at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors.
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Alberta Language Technology Lab   2018-12-14                           dull(1)
"""

import sys
from unicodedata import normalize


# Handles circumflexes, macrons, and Arok's Proto-Algonquian *r.
remove_diacritics = str.maketrans('eēîīôōâāý',
                                  'êêiiooaay')

for line in sys.stdin:
    print(normalize('NFC', line).translate(remove_diacritics), end='')

TO INSTALL

Once dull.py is downloaded, copy it as /usr/local/bin/dull:

cp dull.py /usr/local/bin/dull

Then make it executable:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dull

Optionally, rehash the executable:

rehash || hash -r