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diff --git a/symbolmacro/.gitignore b/symbolmacro/.gitignore
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+/target
diff --git a/symbolmacro/Cargo.lock b/symbolmacro/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "symbolmacro"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/symbolmacro/Cargo.toml b/symbolmacro/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "symbolmacro"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["stuebinm <stuebinm@disroot.org>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+[lib]
+proc-macro = true
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/symbolmacro/src/lib.rs b/symbolmacro/src/lib.rs
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+
+extern crate proc_macro;
+
+use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, fs::File, io::BufReader};
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+
+
+
+fn fetchsymbols() -> HashMap<String, char> {
+    // who needs obvious filepaths, anyways?
+    let filename = "symbols";
+    let file = File::open(filename).unwrap();
+    let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+
+    reader.lines()
+          .filter_map(|l| l.ok())
+          .filter_map(|l| {
+              let segments: Vec<&str> = l
+                  .split_whitespace()
+                  .collect();
+              match segments[..] {
+                  [] => None,
+                  [s,"code:",code,..] => {
+                      let codepoint = u32::from_str_radix(&code[2..], 16).ok()?;
+                      let unichar = std::char::from_u32(codepoint)?;
+                      Some((s[2..s.len()-1].to_string(), unichar))
+                  },
+                  _ => None,
+              }
+          })
+          .collect::<HashMap<String,char>>()
+}
+
+
+// rust macros are a strange kind of horrible, tbh
+#[proc_macro]
+pub fn make_symbols(_item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    let symbols = fetchsymbols();
+
+    format!(
+        "fn symbol(key: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {{
+          match key {{
+             {}
+             _ => None
+          }}
+        }}",
+        symbols.iter()
+               .map(|(k,v)| format!("\"{}\" => Some(\"{}\"),",k,v))
+               .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+               .join("\n")
+    ).parse().unwrap()
+}