From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to convert an arbitrary string into a filename Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:32:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87pm7q8pf1.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87wn1z8fgo.fsf@mbork.pl> <4022908b-a023-3b3b-19a4-88ca90d055f3@gmail.com> <87v8hj8db7.fsf@mbork.pl> <1c536017-2a39-c533-de41-ccbad7033f7d@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30953"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 30.0.50 Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Platon Pronko Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 26 20:33:19 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1prjx8-0007o7-Pk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:33:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prjws-0005yh-Mv; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prjwr-0005tq-FF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:33:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1prjwm-00045E-Bu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:33:01 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF0E9C3BAD; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:32:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c_2ipoOiAlQm; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:32:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (178235147156.dynamic-3-poz-k-0-1-0.vectranet.pl [178.235.147.156]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 042BF16788DF; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:32:51 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <1c536017-2a39-c533-de41-ccbad7033f7d@gmail.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=195.110.48.8; envelope-from=mbork@mbork.pl; helo=mail.mojserwer.eu X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:143405 Archived-At: On 2023-04-26, at 07:39, Platon Pronko wrote: > On 2023-04-26 12:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >> On 2023-04-26, at 06:03, Platon Pronko >> wrote: >> >>> On 2023-04-26 11:55, Marcin Borkowski wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> given an arbitrary string, say "Hello, world!!!", I want to have >>>> a filename with all the runs of weird characters (that is, >>>> non-alphanumeric ones) converted to dashes (say, "Hello-world"). Is >>>> there a function for that in Emacs already or should I write my own? >>> >>> Something like this? >>> >>> (let ((input "Hello, world!!!")) >>> (replace-regexp-in-string "[^a-zA-Z0-9]+" "-" input)) >>> ;; "Hello-world-" >> More or less, possibly with trimming - I know it's simple, I just >> didn't >> want to do it if it already exists. Which I still don't know... (I >> suppose not, but I'm not sure.) > > The term you are looking for is "slug" ("slugify"). Thanks! > Quick google search indicates that there's nothing built-in, but there might be some implementations inside other packages. Here's a reference to an implementation in org-roam package: https://mailb.org/pipermail/emacs-berlin/2022/000897.html > > Also might be of interest: > https://github.com/masasam/emacs-easy-hugo/issues/64 > https://melpa.org/#/unidecode Thanks, too! -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl