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connordavenport/makeAlternatesMenu.py

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a contextual menu for the font overview that adds an alternate glyph next to the default glyph
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makeAlternatesMenu.py
from mojo.events import addObserver
import ezui
from mojo.subscriber import Subscriber, registerFontOverviewSubscriber
from mojo.UI import CurrentFontWindow
class alternatesController(ezui.WindowController):
def build(self, parent):
content = """
Note:
[[_ _]] @textEditor
"""
self.parent = parent
self.font = CurrentFont()
self.copy = ".alt"
self.referenceLayer = "AltReference"
self.selection = self.font.selectedGlyphs
descriptionData = dict(
textEditor=dict(
value=self.copy,
),
)
self.w = ezui.EZPopover(
size=(200, 150),
content=content,
descriptionData=descriptionData,
parent=parent,
behavior="transient",
controller=self
)
self.w.bind("will close", self.windowWillClose)
def getWindowCenterPos(self):
x,y,w,h = self.parent.getPosSize()
xc = (w/2) + x
yc = (h/2) + y
return (xc,yc)
def openWindow(self):
x,y = self.getWindowCenterPos()
self.w.open(location=(x, y, 1, 1))
def textEditorCallback(self,sender):
self.copy = sender.get()
def windowWillClose(self,sender):
suffix = self.copy
if not suffix.startswith("."):
suffix = f".{suffix}"
if self.selection:
for glyph in self.selection:
altName = glyph.name + suffix
if altName in self.font.keys():
pass
self.font.newGlyph(altName)
altGlyph = self.font[altName]
altGlyph.clear()
altGlyph.appendGlyph(glyph)
altGlyph.width = glyph.width
altGlyph.unicode = None
# copy to refernce layer
if self.referenceLayer not in self.font.layerOrder: self.font.newLayer(self.referenceLayer)
altGlyph.copyToLayer(self.referenceLayer, clear=True)
mask = altGlyph.getLayer(self.referenceLayer)
mask.width = altGlyph.width
# move alternate next to default
order = list(self.font.templateGlyphOrder)
place = (order.index(glyph.name)) + 1
order.insert(place, order.pop(-1))
self.font.templateGlyphOrder = order
class makeAlternatesMenu(Subscriber):
def build(self):
pass
def fontOverviewWantsContextualMenuItems(self, info):
myMenuItems = [
("Make alternate(s)...", self.makeAlternates),
]
info["itemDescriptions"].extend(myMenuItems)
def makeAlternates(self,sender):
w = CurrentFontWindow()
self.altController = alternatesController(w.window())
self.altController.openWindow()
if __name__ == "__main__":
registerFontOverviewSubscriber(makeAlternatesMenu)
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