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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#  -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2023 Sebastian Grygiel
+#  Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Alexandre Courbot
+#
+#  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import sys, os, re, datetime
+from kanjivg import Stroke, StrokeGr
+from utils import listSvgFiles, readXmlFile, canonicalId, PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR
+
+if PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR > 2:
+	def unicode(s):
+		return s
+	def unichr(c):
+		return chr(c)
+
+helpString = """Usage: %s <find-svg|find-xml> <element1> [...elementN]
+
+Recognized commands:
+  find-svg      Find and view summary of an SVG file for the given 
+                element in ./kanji/ directory.
+  find-xml      Find and view summary of a <kanji> entry for
+                the given element from ./kanjivg.xml file.
+
+Parameters:
+  element 	    May either be the singular character, e.g. 並 or its
+                unicode code-point e.g. 4e26.
+
+Examples:
+  %s find-svg 並      Will list SVG files describing given character.
+  %s find-xml 4e26    Will list <kanji> entry for the same character.
+""" % (sys.argv[0], sys.argv[0], sys.argv[0])
+
+# Output helper
+
+lossInWeirdEncoding = False
+def writeOutput(data, output):
+	if PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR >= 3:
+		output.write(data)
+		return
+	
+	global lossInWeirdEncoding
+	if output.encoding == None:
+		encoding = 'utf8'
+	else:
+		encoding = output.encoding
+
+	encoded = data.encode(encoding, errors="replace")
+	if encoding != 'utf8' and encoding != 'utf-8':
+		if encoded.decode(encoding) != data:
+			lossInWeirdEncoding = encoding
+	
+	output.write(encoded)
+
+# Summary generators
+
+def strokeGroupSummary(gr, indent = 0):
+	if not isinstance(gr, StrokeGr):
+		raise Exception("Invalid structure")
+	
+	ret = unicode(" " * indent * 4)
+	# ret += gr.element if gr.element is not None and len(gr.element) > 0 else "・"
+	ret += "- group"
+	if gr.element is not None and len(gr.element) > 0:
+		ret += " %s" % (gr.element,)
+	if gr.position:
+		ret += " (%s)" % (gr.position,)
+
+	childStrokes = [s.stype for s in gr.childs if isinstance(s, Stroke) and s.stype]
+	if len(childStrokes):
+		ret += "\n%s- strokes: %s" % (" " * (indent+1) * 4, ' '.join(childStrokes))
+
+	ret += "\n"
+
+	for g in gr.childs:
+		if isinstance(g, StrokeGr):
+			ret += strokeGroupSummary(g, indent + 1)
+
+	return ret
+
+def characterSummary(c):
+	ret = "Character summary: %s (%s)" % (c.code, c.strokes.element)
+	if c.variant:
+		ret += " - variant: %s" % (c.variant)
+	ret += "\n"
+	ret += strokeGroupSummary(c.strokes)
+	return ret
+
+# Commands
+
+def commandFindSvg(arg):
+	id = canonicalId(arg)
+	kanji = [(f.path, f.read()) for f in listSvgFiles("./kanji/") if f.id == id]
+	print("Found %d files matching ID %s" % (len(kanji), id))
+	for i, (path, c) in enumerate(kanji):
+		print("\nFile %s (%d/%d):" % (path, i+1, len(kanji)))
+		writeOutput(characterSummary(c) + "\n", sys.stdout)
+
+def commandFindXml(arg):
+	id = canonicalId(arg)
+	files = readXmlFile('./kanjivg.xml')
+	if id in files:
+		writeOutput(characterSummary(files[id]) + "\n", sys.stdout)
+	else:
+		writeOutput(unicode("Character %s (%s) not found.\n") % (id, unichr(int(id, 16))), sys.stdout)
+
+# Main wrapper
+
+actions = {
+	"find-svg": (commandFindSvg, 2),
+	"find-xml": (commandFindXml, 2),
+}
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	if len(sys.argv) < 2 or sys.argv[1] not in actions.keys() or \
+		len(sys.argv) <= actions[sys.argv[1]][1]:
+		print(helpString)
+		sys.exit(0)
+
+	action = actions[sys.argv[1]][0]
+	args = sys.argv[2:]
+
+	if len(args) == 0:
+		action()
+	else:
+		for f in args:
+			action(f)
+	
+	if lossInWeirdEncoding:
+		notice = """\nNotice: SOME CHARACTERS IN THE OUTPUT HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH QUESTION MARKS.
+        The text output has been encoded using your encoding of the standard
+        output (%s). Try redirecting output to file if you can't get it to
+        work in terminal. e.g.: kvg-lookup.py find-svg 4e26 > output.txt\n""" % (lossInWeirdEncoding,)
+		writeOutput(notice, sys.stderr)