Hi Walter,

I can't find any code that would implement the filter :ascii,
but I seem to remember that I saw it in an email.
Maybe as an proposion?

Gerd

> From: Walter.Schloegl-Resch@aon.at
> To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 02:08:41 +0100
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] Solution to show transliterated name if no other ascii name exists
>
> For countries with foreign letters like Greece I want to show the int_name
> first.
> For other countries I want to show the int_name in brackets.
> If no int_name or other good name is found, I want to show the
> transliterated name.
>
> Here is my code:
>
> 'name:de'=* { add mkgmap_int_name='${name:de}' }
> int_name=* { add mkgmap_int_name='${int_name}' }
> 'name:en'=* { add mkgmap_int_name='${name:en}' }
> 'name:fr'=* { add mkgmap_int_name='${name:fr}' }
> 'name:es'=* { add mkgmap_int_name='${name:es}' }
> mkgmap_int_name!=* { add mkgmap_int_name='${name|ascii:}' }
> # Error: Expecting }, instead saw |
> mkgmap_int_name=${name} { delete mkgmap_int_name }
>
> place=* { set mkgmap_place_name=no }
> place=* & mkgmap_int_name=* & mkgmap:country=GRE { set
> name='${mkgmap_int_name} (${name})'; set mkgmap_place_name=yes }
> place=* & mkgmap_int_name=* & mkgmap_place_name=no { set name='${name}
> (${mkgmap_int_name})'; set mkgmap_place_name=yes }
>
> According to the error message it seems, that |ascii: is not recognized.
> Is this syntax wrong?
> I found it via google but not in documentation, maybe it’s not yet working.
>
> I hope somebody has a working solution for my usecase.
>
> Walter
>
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