Qtext to TXT

qtext2txt.py

import os
import shutil
import codecs

from bidi.algorithm import get_display

for file in os.listdir("."):
    print(file)
    ext = os.path.splitext(file)[1]
    if os.path.isfile(file) and ext.startswith(".H"):
        print(f"Processing ", {file})
        filename = os.path.join(".", file)

        # Create temp file with codecs.BOM_UTF8 prefix
        tmp_file = file + ".tmp"
        tmp_filename = os.path.join(".", tmp_file)

        # Open original file and temp file
        with open(filename, "rb") as f_in, open(tmp_filename, "wb") as f_out:
            # Add UTF-8 BOM
            f_out.write(codecs.BOM_UTF8)

            # Convert and write to temp file
            for line in f_in:
                f_out.write(get_display(line.decode("ibm862").encode("utf-8")))
        shutil.move(tmp_filename, filename)