A simple script changing capitalized words of the small-case formatted text.

[ineuw]

Someone in this community was working with small-capitals type format and had the same issue as I.

This script converts /incorrect/unwanted capitalization, when small-capitals format is applied to text. Since my previous contribution to the scripts was lost, I don't wish to post there and pasted it here.

My scripts use 'single quotes' to enclose for literal interpretation. Some symbols like < > in the text cause a script failure on Wikipedia pages.

# [ alt + super + c ]   lowercase connecting words on selected text formatted to small-case 
# 231121_1715 - alt-super-c-lcase.py - /home/ineuw/.config/autokey/data/english - Geany

copy_ = '<ctrl>+<insert>'
paste_ = '<shift>+<insert>'
ctrlhome_ = '<ctrl>+<home>'
time.sleep(0.05)

keyboard.send_keys(copy_)
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = clipboard.get_selection()
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' A ', ' a ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' An ', ' an ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' And ', ' and ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' As ', ' as ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' For ', ' for ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' From ', ' from ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' In ', ' in ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' Of ', ' of ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' The ', ' the ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' To ', ' to ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' Vs ', ' vs ')
time.sleep(0.05)

text_ = text_.replace(' With ', ' with ')
time.sleep(0.05)

# place result to the clipboard
clipboard.fill_clipboard(text_)
time.sleep(0.05)

# paste clipboard contents
keyboard.send_keys(paste_)
time.sleep(0.05)

# move focus to top left corner
keyboard.send_keys(ctrlhome_)

[josephj11]

I have no idea what "small-capitals" is.

If your script was lost from our wiki, I'm sure it was an accident. We moved a lot of things around to organize it better and may have missed yours.

Your code looks like a perfect use case for a Python dictionary with a loop through all its entries.

Why did you add delays after each replacement? I'm pretty sure those statements are synchronous (don't return until they're done).

[ineuw]

@josephj11, Small-caps are uppercase characters in lowercase dimension (height). small caps and it's used for emphasis.

A text-formatting template that converts to "small-caps" also CAPITALIZES the first character of each word and this necessitates a script to "lower the case" of connecting words.

This is the reason for my script. The chapter II title "Review of the Situation" on this page is an example where the words "of the" were changed to lower case according to rules.

additional explanation

I decided against a dictionary because the number of words.

Timing of interpreted code is truly dependent on processor speed and memory. I use a very fast processor (4Ghz Intel processor + 16GB RAM ). Python being an interpreted language, the delay ensures that the execution is complete at all times. I arrived at .050 seconds by stepped incrementation of .010 after it kept failing.

[josephj11]

If you ever find an explanation of why that delay is needed, I'd like to see it. It doesn't seem intuitive. But, especially with AutoKey, empirical results rule.