Beta Code Converter for Python

Converts Greek Beta Code to Greek characters and vice versa.

Installation

pip install beta-code

(See project on PyPI)

Usage

import beta_code

beta_code.greek_to_beta_code(u'χαῖρε ὦ κόσμε')
# => 'xai=re w)= ko/sme'

beta_code.beta_code_to_greek(u'mh=nin a)/eide qea\\ *phlhi+a/dew *)axilh=os')
# => 'μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος'

With additional mappings

beta_code.beta_code_to_greek(u'f2a/nac', custom_map={ u'f2': u'ϝ' })
# => 'ϝάναξ'

Tests

python -m unittest tests/test_beta_code.py

Updating JSON

git subtree pull --prefix beta_code/vendor/beta-code-json/ https://github.com/perseids-tools/beta-code-json master --squash

In the case of a merge conflict:

git checkout --theirs vendor/beta-code-json/
git add vendor/beta-code-json
git commit

Publishing

• Install dependencies:

python3 -m venv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Bump version in setup.py
• Commit and push to GitHub
• On GitHub, create a new release
• Run pip3 install wheel
• Run python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
• Run python3 -m twine upload dist/*

Notes

For the mappings between Beta Code and Unicode, see https://github.com/perseids-tools/beta-code-json.