pandoc-xepersian.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Pandoc filter to convert English text to xepersian compatible format
"""

from pandocfilters import toJSONFilter, Str, RawInline
import locale
import logging
import os

log = logging.getLogger(os.path.basename(__file__))

ignored_words = ['a4paper']

def configure_logging():
    format_string = "%(name)s: [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"
    logging.basicConfig(format=format_string, level=logging.DEBUG)
    #log.debug("Debug logging enabled.")

def IsNumber(x):
     import re
     if re.match("^\d*.?\d*$", x) == None:
         return False
     return True
    
def behead(key, value, format, meta):

    if format == 'latex':
        if key == 'Str':
            try:
                # if there is no exception this is english text
                value.encode('ascii')
                # Just change non numeric values
                if not IsNumber(value):
                    if value not in ignored_words:
                        return RawInline('latex', '\\lr{'+value+'}')
            except UnicodeEncodeError:
                #log.info( "string is UTF-8")
                pass
    

if __name__ == "__main__":
    configure_logging()
    toJSONFilter(behead)