Re: Is there a way to "asciify" a string?

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2018-05-28, at 10:15, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> schrieb am So., 27. Mai 2018 um 14:38 Uhr:
>
>> I understand that.
>>
>> Still, I need something *simple*.  I have a person's name (possibly with
>> some national characters), and I want to derive a filename from it.  It
>> doesn't have to be correct in 100% cases.  It doesn't even have to be
>> unambiguous (there will be a number for that in the filename, too).
>
> Then why not use only the number, if that's enough the make the filename
> unique?
> Either the filename is an internal implementation detail, then it doesn't
> have to be human-readable.
> Or you could ignore portability concerns and use the username as is.

That's an interesting idea.  However, I disagree.  My idea is to have
a number (because that helps to keep some order, and there may be - and
sometimes are - more than one item relating to the same person), but
a name is _very_ helpful for menomic reasons.

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
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