How to remove diacritics (umlauts) from a string?

Question

How to convert a string, for example Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy.to Prilis zlutoucky kun upel dabelske ody.?

The source string is in Unicode, so in principle it should be possible to use normalization / decomposition to separate the umlaut.

Unfortunately, I did not see any library in Pharo (maybe zinc is hidden somewhere?) That would support either cleansing umlauts or decomposition.

Answer 1

You can try the Diacriticals package

Installation

Metacello new
    smalltalkhubUser: 'Pharo' project: 'MetaRepoForPharo50';
    configuration: 'Diacritics';
    version: #development;
    load.

Test

'Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy' asNonDiacritical.
 "'Prilis zlutoucky kun upel dabelske ody'"

Answer 2

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