Changed data source to include the whole set of chars

Author: zensoup

UnicodeData.txt

@@ -25,24 +25,25 @@ def locate_block(code):
                     return index
 
     with open("unicode_list.txt", "w") as target:
-        with open("Index.txt", "r") as names:
+        with open("UnicodeData.txt", "r") as names:
             for line in names.readlines():
-                if line.startswith("#"):
-                    continue
-                name, code = line.strip().split("\t")
+                attributes = line.strip().split(";")
+                code = attributes[0]
+                name = attributes[1]
+                comment = attributes[10]
                 try:
                     num = int(code, 16)
                 except ValueError:
                     print("could not convert " + code)
                     continue
                 index = locate_block(num)
                 if index is not None:
-                    target.write(name + "\t" + code + "\t" + blocks[index] + "\n")
+                    target.write(name + "\t" + comment + "\t" + code + "\t" + blocks[index] + "\n")
                 else:
                     print(
                         "Code " + str(num) + " not found in block, char: " + unichr(num)
                     )
-                    target.write(name + "\t" + code + "\t" + "\n")
+                    target.write(name + "\t" + comment + "\t" + code + "\t" + "\n")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

generate_character_list.py

@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@
 class UnicodeChar:
     """ Container class for unicode characters """
 
-    def __init__(self, name, block, code):
-        self.name = name
+    def __init__(self, name, comment, block, code):
+        self.name = name if name != '<control>' else comment
+        self.comment = comment
         self.block = block
         self.code = code
         self.character = unichr(int(code, 16))
 
     def get_search_name(self):
         """ Called by `ulauncher.search.SortedList` to get the string that should be used in searches """
-        return self.name
+        return ' '.join([self.code, self.name, self.comment])
 
 
 class UnicodeCharExtension(Extension):
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ def _load_character_table(self):
         self.character_list = []
         with open(join(FILE_PATH, "unicode_list.txt"), "r") as f:
             for line in f.readlines():
-                name, code, block = line.strip().split("\t")
-                character = UnicodeChar(name, block, code)
+                name, comment, code, block = line.strip().split("\t")
+                character = UnicodeChar(name, comment, block, code)
                 self.character_list.append(character)
 
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def on_event(self, event, extension):
         items = []
         arg = event.get_argument()
         if arg:
-            result_list = SortedList(arg, min_score=60, limit=10)
+            result_list = SortedList(arg, min_score=40, limit=10)
             result_list.extend(extension.character_list)
             for char in result_list:
                 image_path = self._get_character_icon(char)

images/bookmark.svg

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "name": "Unicode extension",
   "description": "Extension Description",
   "developer_name": "John Doe",
-  "icon": "images/bookmark.svg",
+  "icon": "images/unicode.png",
   "options": {
     "query_debounce": 0.5
   },