Updated the clipboard translater because it could crash on some translations.

speech/clipboard_translator.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 # set -Eeuo pipefail # https://vaneyckt.io/posts/safer_bash_scripts_with_set_euxo_pipefail/#:~:text=set%20%2Du,is%20often%20highly%20desirable%20behavior.
 shopt -s expand_aliases
 
-
 if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
     echo "Usage: $0 \"application name\" \"file name\"."
     exit 1
@@ -22,6 +21,40 @@ fileName="${2,,}"
 fileName="${fileName//[[:space:]]/-}.sqlite"
 translationFile="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/audiogame-manager/${fileName}"
 
+# Make sure the directory exists
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$translationFile")"
+
+# Initialize database if it doesn't exist
+if [[ ! -s "$translationFile" ]]; then
+    rm -f "$translationFile"
+    sqlite3 "$translationFile" <<EOF
+CREATE TABLE translations(
+  text TEXT NOT NULL,
+  translation TEXT NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (text)
+);
+CREATE INDEX translations_text_idx ON translations (text);
+EOF
+fi
+
+# Define a function to safely query the database
+query_database() {
+    local db_file="$1"
+    local sql_query="$2"
+    sqlite3 -line "$db_file" "$sql_query"
+}
+
+# Define a function to safely insert into the database
+insert_database() {
+    local db_file="$1"
+    local text="$2"
+    local translation="$3"
+    
+    # Use sqlite3 .import feature which is more robust for special characters
+    echo "$text|$translation" | sqlite3 -separator "|" "$db_file" ".import /dev/stdin temp_import"
+    sqlite3 "$db_file" "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO translations SELECT * FROM temp_import; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS temp_import;"
+}
+
 # Read so long as the application is running
 while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
     sleep 0.05
@@ -37,24 +70,6 @@ while pgrep -u "$USER" ^$1 &> /dev/null ; do
     if [[ -z "$text" ]]; then
         continue
     fi
-    q() { sqlite3 -column -init "" "$translationFile" "$@" 2> /dev/null ; }
-
-
-    if [[ ! -s "$translationFile" ]]; then
-        rm -f "$translationFile"
-        cat << EOF | sqlite3 -init "" "$translationFile" 2> /dev/null
-.bail on
-
-CREATE TABLE translations(
-  text TEXT NOT NULL,
-  translation TEXT NOT NULL,
-
-  PRIMARY KEY (text)
-);
-CREATE INDEX translations_text_idx ON translations (text);
-EOF
-    fi
-
 
     # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence#Combining_and_precomposed_characters
     # https://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/2011/09/normalize-your-perl-source/
@@ -65,18 +80,32 @@ EOF
     alias normalize_spaces="perl -CSDA -plE 's/[^\\S\\t]/ /g'"
     alias normalize_unicode="normalize_spaces | nfc"
 
-    textEscaped="$(echo "$text" | sed "s/'/''/g" | normalize_unicode)" # escape single quotes for sqlite
+    # Normalize text
-    translated="$(q "SELECT translation FROM translations WHERE text = '$textEscaped' LIMIT 1" | sed 's/\s*$//')"
+    normalized_text="$(echo "$text" | normalize_unicode)"
+    
+    # Create a temporary database for import
+    sqlite3 "$translationFile" "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS temp_import(text TEXT, translation TEXT);"
+    
+    # Check if we already have a translation
+    translated=$(sqlite3 "$translationFile" "SELECT translation FROM translations WHERE text = '$normalized_text' LIMIT 1;" 2>/dev/null)
     
     if [[ -z "$translated" ]]; then
-        translated="$(trans -no-autocorrect -no-warn -brief "$text" | head -1 | sed 's/\s*$//' | normalize_unicode)"
+        # Get translation from the trans utility
+        translated="$(trans -no-autocorrect -no-warn -brief "$normalized_text" | head -1 | sed 's/\s*$//' | normalize_unicode)"
+        
         if [[ -n "$translated" ]]; then
-            translatedEscaped="$(echo "$translated" | sed "s/'/''/g")"
+            # Insert using echo piping to avoid escaping issues
-            q "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO translations (text, translation) VALUES ('$textEscaped', '$translatedEscaped')"
+            echo "$normalized_text|$translated" | sqlite3 -separator "|" "$translationFile" ".import /dev/stdin temp_import"
+            sqlite3 "$translationFile" "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO translations SELECT * FROM temp_import; DELETE FROM temp_import;"
         fi
     fi
     
-    spd-say -- "$translated"
+    # If we got a translation, speak it
+    if [[ -n "$translated" ]]; then
+        spd-say -- "$translated"
+    fi
+    
+    # Clear clipboard
     echo "" | xclip -d "${DISPLAY:-:0}" -selection clipboard 2> /dev/null
 done