node-stringprep-icu
v0.1.2
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ICU StringPrep profiles
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Deprecated
This was a short term solution for failed installs of node-stringprep. node-stringprep
now gracefully handles failed installs, therefore this is no longer required.
node-stringprep-icu
You may prefer node-stringprep which also contains javascript fallbacks where possible.
Purpose
Exposes predefined Unicode normalization functions that are required by many protocols. This is just a binding to ICU, which is said to be fast.
Installation
npm i node-stringprep-icu
Debian
apt-get install libicu-dev
Gentoo
emerge icu
OSX
MacPorts
port install icu +devel
Homebrew
brew install icu4c
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/icu4c/<VERSION>/bin/icu-config /usr/local/bin/icu-config
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/icu4c/<VERSION>/include/* /usr/local/include
If experiencing issues with 'homebrew' installing version 50.1 of icu4c, try the following:
brew search icu4c
brew tap homebrew/versions
brew versions icu4c
cd $(brew --prefix) && git pull --rebase
git checkout c25fd2f $(brew --prefix)/Library/Formula/icu4c.rb
brew install icu4c
Usage
var StringPrep = require('node-stringprep-icu').StringPrep;
var prep = new StringPrep('nameprep');
prep.prepare('Äffchen') // => 'äffchen'
For a list of supported profiles, see node-stringprep-icu.cc