Bug#327340: RFP: uni2ascii -- convert UTF-8 into 7-bit ASCII and vice versa

["W. Borgert" <debacle@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Package name    : uni2ascii
Version         : 2.1
Upstream Author : Bill Poser
URL             : http://billposer.org/Software/uni2ascii.html
License         : GPL
Description     : convert UTF-8 into 7-bit ASCII and vice versa

>From the web page:

uni2ascii "... provides conversion in both directions between UTF-8
Unicode and a variety of 7-bit ASCII equivalents. ...

The Unicode escapes available are:

 * HTML hexadecimal numeric character references (e.g. é)
 * HTML decimal numeric character references (e.g. ȳ)
 * \u-escapes, as used in Python (e.g. \u00E9)
 * \u-escapes within the BMP and \U-escapes beyond the BMP,
   e.g. \u00E9 but \U00010024.
 * \x-escapes (e.g. \x00E9)
 * \x-escapes with braces (e.g. \x{00E9})
 * Standard hexadecimal (e.g. 0x00E9)
 * Raw hexadecimal (e.g. 00E9)

Btw, I am willing to package this tool, because I need it,
but if someone else is faster, I am even more happy!