--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# text2c.sh - convert a text file to C code
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
+#
+# 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/>.
+
+
+# Invocation is as follows:
+# $1: text file
+# $2: output file
+# $3: name of variable
+#
+# The output will be a char **, with each field containing a single line of $1
+# additionally, a macro with the name print_$3 will be defined, with acts as
+# a parameter-less function, printing the text to stdout
+
+[ $# -eq 3 ] || {
+ echo "Usage: `basename $0` <inputfile> <outputfile> <variablename>"
+ exit 1
+}
+
+outupper="`basename "$2" | tr '[a-z-.]' '[A-Z__]'`"
+
+(
+ printf "#ifndef __%s\n" "$outupper"
+ printf "#define __%s\n" "$outupper"
+ printf "const char *%s[] = {\n" "$3"
+ sed -e 's/"/\\"/g' -e 's/^/"/' -e 's/$/",/' $1
+ printf "NULL };\n"
+ printf "#define print_%s() { \\" $3
+ printf "\n\tconst char **__s = %s; \\" $3
+ printf "\n\tfor (; *__s; __s++) \\"
+ printf "\n\t\tputs(*__s); \\"
+ printf "\n}\n"
+ printf "#endif /* __%s */\n" "$outupper"
+) > $2
+