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<font color="#ffffff" face="helvetica, arial">&nbsp;<br><big><big><strong><a href="robofab.html"><font color="#ffffff">robofab</font></a>.<a href="robofab.tools.html"><font color="#ffffff">tools</font></a>.glyphNameSchemes</strong></big></big></font></td
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><font color="#ffffff" face="helvetica, arial"><a href=".">index</a><br><a href="file:/code/projects/robofab/Lib/robofab/tools/glyphNameSchemes.py">/code/projects/robofab/Lib/robofab/tools/glyphNameSchemes.py</a></font></td></tr></table>
    <p><tt>A&nbsp;separate&nbsp;module&nbsp;for&nbsp;glyphname&nbsp;to&nbsp;filename&nbsp;functions.<br>
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<a href="#-glyphNameToShortFileName">glyphNameToShortFileName</a>()&nbsp;generates&nbsp;a&nbsp;non-clashing&nbsp;filename&nbsp;for&nbsp;systems&nbsp;with<br>
filename-length&nbsp;limitations.</tt></p>
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<td width="100%"><dl><dt><a name="-glyphNameToShortFileName"><strong>glyphNameToShortFileName</strong></a>(glyphName, glyphSet, extension<font color="#909090">='.glif'</font>)</dt><dd><tt>Alternative&nbsp;glyphname&nbsp;to&nbsp;filename&nbsp;function.<br>
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Features&nbsp;a&nbsp;garuanteed&nbsp;maximum&nbsp;filename&nbsp;for&nbsp;really&nbsp;long&nbsp;glyphnames,&nbsp;and&nbsp;clash&nbsp;testing.<br>
-&nbsp;all&nbsp;non-ascii&nbsp;characters&nbsp;are&nbsp;converted&nbsp;to&nbsp;"_"&nbsp;(underscore),&nbsp;including&nbsp;"."<br>
-&nbsp;all&nbsp;glyphnames&nbsp;which&nbsp;are&nbsp;too&nbsp;long&nbsp;are&nbsp;truncated&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;hash&nbsp;is&nbsp;added&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;end<br>
-&nbsp;the&nbsp;hash&nbsp;is&nbsp;generated&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;whole&nbsp;glyphname<br>
-&nbsp;finally,&nbsp;the&nbsp;candidate&nbsp;glyphname&nbsp;is&nbsp;checked&nbsp;against&nbsp;the&nbsp;contents.plist<br>
and&nbsp;a&nbsp;incrementing&nbsp;number&nbsp;is&nbsp;added&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;if&nbsp;there&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;clash.</tt></dd></dl>
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<td width="100%"><strong>MAXLEN</strong> = 31</td></tr></table>
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