Module:Wingdings

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Wingdings/doc

local p = {}

-- English to Wingdings Unicode Character Map
-- Key is the English character, Value is the Wingdings Unicode representation
local char_map = {
    ['A'] = 'A', ['a'] = 'a', -- These will render as Wingdings A/a glyphs if the font is applied
    ['B'] = 'B', ['b'] = 'b',
    ['C'] = 'C', ['c'] = 'c',
    ['D'] = 'D', ['d'] = 'd',
    ['E'] = 'E', ['e'] = 'e',
    ['F'] = 'F', ['f'] = 'f',
    ['G'] = 'G', ['g'] = 'g',
    ['H'] = 'H', ['h'] = 'h',
    ['I'] = 'I', ['i'] = 'i',
    ['J'] = 'J', ['j'] = 'j',
    ['K'] = 'K', ['k'] = 'k',
    ['L'] = 'L', ['l'] = 'l',
    ['M'] = 'M', ['m'] = 'm',
    ['N'] = 'N', ['n'] = 'n',
    ['O'] = 'O', ['o'] = 'o',
    ['P'] = 'P', ['p'] = 'p',
    ['Q'] = 'Q', ['q'] = 'q',
    ['R'] = 'R', ['r'] = 'r',
    ['S'] = 'S', ['s'] = 's',
    ['T'] = 'T', ['t'] = 't',
    ['U'] = 'U', ['u'] = 'u',
    ['V'] = 'V', ['v'] = 'v',
    ['W'] = 'W', ['w'] = 'w',
    ['X'] = 'X', ['x'] = 'x',
    ['Y'] = 'Y', ['y'] = 'y',
    ['Z'] = 'Z', ['z'] = 'z',
    
    -- Punctuation/Symbols (Use Unicode equivalent for cross-platform)
    ['!'] = '✎', -- U+270E (Pencil)
    ['?'] = '✉', -- U+2709 (Envelope)
    ['.'] = '✍', -- U+270D (Writing Hand)
    [' '] = ' ', -- Space
    -- NOTE: In the standard Wingdings font, the characters A-Z are just different glyphs.
    -- The key is applying the font in the output.
}

function p.translate(frame)
    -- Input is the text to be translated (e.g., "Hello World")
    local input = frame.args[1] or ''
    local result = {}

    -- Process the input string character by character
    for i = 1, mw.ustring.len(input) do
        local char = mw.ustring.sub(input, i, i)
        local translated = char_map[char]

        -- Use the mapped character, or the original character if no map entry exists
        if translated then
            table.insert(result, translated)
        else
            table.insert(result, char) 
        end
    end
    
    -- The CRUCIAL STEP: Return the text wrapped in a span tag 
    -- to force the browser to use the Wingdings font.
    return '<span style="font-family: Wingdings, Symbol, sans-serif;">' .. table.concat(result) .. '</span>'
end

return p