Class: File

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/textutils/core_ext/file.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.read_utf8(path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/textutils/core_ext/file.rb', line 4

def self.read_utf8( path )
  text = open( path, 'r:bom|utf-8' ) do |file|
    file.read
  end

  ##
  ## todo: make normalize newlines into a filter (for easy (re)use)

  ##   normalize newlines
  ##    always use LF \n (Unix):
  ##
  ##   convert CR/LF \r\n (Windows)  => \n
  ##   convert CR    \r   (old? Mac) => \n  -- still in use?
  text = text.gsub( /\r\n|\r/, "\n" )

  # NB: for convenience: convert fancy unicode dashes/hyphens to plain ascii hyphen-minus
  text = TextUtils.convert_unicode_dashes_to_plain_ascii( text, path: path )

  text
end