1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/odoo/tools/misc.py b/odoo/tools/misc.py
index 77eca2873f1..ac3a56b3825 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/misc.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/misc.py
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ import sys
 import threading
 import time
 import types
+import unicodedata
 import werkzeug.utils
 import zipfile
+
 from collections import defaultdict, Iterable, Mapping, MutableSet, OrderedDict
 from itertools import islice, groupby, repeat
 from lxml import etree
@@ -732,6 +734,19 @@ def attrgetter(*items):
             return tuple(resolve_attr(obj, attr) for attr in items)
     return g
 
+# ---------------------------------------------
+# String management
+# ---------------------------------------------
+
+# Inspired by http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517923
+def remove_accents(input_str):
+    """Suboptimal-but-better-than-nothing way to replace accented
+    latin letters by an ASCII equivalent. Will obviously change the
+    meaning of input_str and work only for some cases"""
+    input_str = ustr(input_str)
+    nkfd_form = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', input_str)
+    return u''.join([c for c in nkfd_form if not unicodedata.combining(c)])
+
 class unquote(str):
     """A subclass of str that implements repr() without enclosing quotation marks
        or escaping, keeping the original string untouched. The name come from Lisp's unquote.