Quick script to generate a StarNamesText.xml file for GalCiv III using a more convenient input format

StarNamesText.py

names = '''
    One
    Star
    Name
    Per
    Line
    
    Hello
    World
'''

names = (n.strip() for n in names.split('\n') if len(n.strip()) > 0)
with open('StarNamesText.xml', 'wb') as xml:
    xml.write('''
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
        <StringTableList
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../Schema/Lib/StringTable.xsd">
        ''' +
        ''.join(
            '''
            <StringTable>
              <Label>RANDOM_STAR_NAME_%d</Label>
              <String>%s</String>
            </StringTable>
            ''' % (i, n) for i, n in enumerate(names)
        ) +
        '</StringTableList>'
    )