Re^2: Portably transforming a string to a valid filename (mnemonic)

One thing bothers me about this: The codes for punctuation are not pneumatic. This is easily fixed. The association between punctuation and letters/numbers should be changed to be:

    tr[@{}$='`^"+/<>#()?\[]_|~!&%*,:;]
      [abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123];
[download]

based on the following phlegmatic code: At Brace CloseCurly Dollar Equals Feet Grave-accent Hat Inches Join whacK/stroKe Less-than More-than Number Open Paren Question Reverse-whack Square brackeT Underline Verticalbar Wiggle eXclaim y(Spanish for "and"). % and z are shaped the same as are * and 0. Comma has 1 "dot" while colon has 2 dots and semicolon is a bit more than colon.

I could see swapping /=k and &=y to get /=y and &=k based on similarity of shape (the whacK/stroKe connection is rather weak). *shrug*

- tye

Comment on Re^2: Portably transforming a string to a valid filename (mnemonic) Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: Portably transforming a string to a valid filename (mnemonic) by Nkuvu (Priest) on Dec 04, 2003 at 20:57 UTC
The codes for punctuation are not pneumatic. Pneumatic? As in, "Of or relating to air or other gases" ? I'm thinking you meant mnemonic, like the title suggests. But I am certainly amused by the idea of pneumatic filenames.	[reply]
Re^4: Portably transforming a string to a valid filename (phlegmatic) by tye (Sage) on Dec 04, 2003 at 21:08 UTC
It's a joke, Son. - tye ("They can't all be winners.")	[reply]
Re^5: Portably transforming a string to a valid filename (phlegmatic) by Nkuvu (Priest) on Dec 10, 2003 at 17:32 UTC
doh! And here I thought I was bein' all helpful and stuff...	[reply]