kern-flip-openclose-pairs.py

# menuTitle : MM Flip Pair Mirror
# shortCut  : control+6

openclosepairs = {
# initial/final punctuation (from https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Pi and https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Pf)
# "‚": "‘",
# "„": "“",
# "„": "”",
"‘": "’",
# "‛": "’",
"“": "”",
# "‟": "”",
# "‹": "›",
# "›": "‹",
"«": "»",
"»": "«",
# "⸂": "⸃",
"⸄": "⸅",
"⸉": "⸊",
# "⸌": "⸍",
# "⸜": "⸝",
"⸠": "⸡",
"”": "”",
"’": "’",
# Miscellaneous but common open/close pairs
"'": "'",
'"': '"',
# "¡": "!",
# "¿": "?",
"←": "→",
"→": "←",
# opening/closing punctuation (from https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Ps & https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/category/Pe)
"(": ")",
"[": "]",
"{": "}",
"parenleft.sups": "parenright.sups",
"parenleft.subs": "parenright.subs",
"parenleft.uc": "parenright.uc",
"bracketleft.uc": "bracketright.uc",
"braceleft.uc": "braceright.uc",
"bracketangleleft.uc": "bracketangleright.uc",
"guillemetleft": "guillemetright",
"guillemetleft.uc": "guillemetright.uc",
"commaheavydoubleturnedornament": "commaheavydoubleornament",

"parenleft.vert": "parenright.vert",
"bracketleft.vert": "bracketright.vert",
"braceleft.vert": "braceright.vert",
"bracketangleleft.vert": "bracketangleright.vert",
"guillemetleft.vert": "guillemetright.vert",
"parenleft.uc.vert": "parenright.uc.vert",
"bracketleft.uc.vert": "bracketright.uc.vert",
"braceleft.uc.vert": "braceright.uc.vert",
"bracketangleleft.uc.vert": "bracketangleright.uc.vert",
"guillemetleft.uc.vert": "guillemetright.uc.vert",
"less.vert": "greater.vert",
"less.vert.uc": "greater.vert.uc",

"<": ">",
">": "<",
"less": "greater",
"less.uc": "greater.uc",
"༺": "༻",
"༼": "༽",
"᚛": "᚜",
# "‚": "‘",
# "„": "“",
"⁅": "⁆",
"⁽": "⁾",
"₍": "₎",
"⌈": "⌉",
"⌊": "⌋",
"〈": "〉",
"❨": "❩",
"❪": "❫",
"❬": "❭",
"❮": "❯",
"❰": "❱",
"❲": "❳",
"❴": "❵",
"⟅": "⟆",
"⟦": "⟧",
"⟨": "⟩",
"⟪": "⟫",
"⟬": "⟭",
"⟮": "⟯",
"⦃": "⦄",
"⦅": "⦆",
"⦇": "⦈",
"⦉": "⦊",
"⦋": "⦌",
"⦍": "⦎",
"⦏": "⦐",
"⦑": "⦒",
"⦓": "⦔",
"⦕": "⦖",
"⦗": "⦘",
"⧘": "⧙",
"⧚": "⧛",
"⧼": "⧽",
"⸢": "⸣",
"⸤": "⸥",
"⸦": "⸧",
"⸨": "⸩",
"〈": "〉",
"《": "》",
"「": "」",
"『": "』",
"【": "】",
"〔": "〕",
"〖": "〗",
"〘": "〙",
"〚": "〛",
"〝": "〞",
"⹂": "〟",
"﴿": "﴾",
"︗": "︘",
"︵": "︶",
"︷": "︸",
"︹": "︺",
"︻": "︼",
"︽": "︾",
"︿": "﹀",
"﹁": "﹂",
"﹃": "﹄",
"﹇": "﹈",
"﹙": "﹚",
"﹛": "﹜",
"﹝": "﹞",
"（": "）",
"［": "］",
"｛": "｝",
"｟": "｠",
"｢": "｣",
}


import metricsMachine as mm
from glyphNameFormatter import GlyphName

def asGlyphName(character):
    if len(character) > 1:
        return character
    else:
        return GlyphName(ord(character)).getName()

f = CurrentFont()

pairCurrent = mm.GetCurrentPair(font=f)

left = asGlyphName(pairCurrent[0])
right = asGlyphName(pairCurrent[1])

flippedPair = [right, left]

for openclosepair in openclosepairs.items():
    if flippedPair[0] == asGlyphName(openclosepair[0]):
        flippedPair[0] = asGlyphName(openclosepair[1])
    elif flippedPair[0] == asGlyphName(openclosepair[1]):
        flippedPair[0] = asGlyphName(openclosepair[0])
    if flippedPair[1] == asGlyphName(openclosepair[0]):
        flippedPair[1] = asGlyphName(openclosepair[1])
    elif flippedPair[1] == asGlyphName(openclosepair[1]):
        flippedPair[1] = asGlyphName(openclosepair[0])

mm.SetCurrentPair(flippedPair, font=f)

# print('MM Flip Pair Mirror', pairCurrent, '-->', flippedPair)