Slate ASCIIToCode generator example

gistfile1.py

# use:
# cat Slate/ASCIIToCode.plist | head -n -2 | tail -n +5 | python gen_c.py > Slate/ASCIIToCode_Colemak.plist

import re
import sys

def iter_pairs(a):
    for i in range(len(a))[::2]:
        yield(a[i], a[i+1])

qwerty = {}

for k, v in iter_pairs(sys.stdin.read().split('\n')[:-1]):
    k = k.replace('<key>', '').replace('</key>', '').replace('	', '')
    v = v.replace('<integer>', '').replace('</integer>', '').replace('	', '')
    qwerty[k] = v

colemak = qwerty.copy()

qwerty_conv  = "qwertyuiopasdfghjkl;zxcvbnm"
colemak_conv = "qwfpgjluy;arstdhneiozxcvbkm"

for i, char in enumerate(colemak_conv):
    colemak[char] = qwerty[qwerty_conv[i]]

print """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict> """

for k, v in colemak.iteritems():
    print '	<key>' + k + '</key>'
    print '	<integer>' + v + '</integer>'

print """</dict>
</plist>"""