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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# coding=utf-8
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Felipe Correa da Silva Sanches
+#
+# 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+#
+
+import locale
+import sys
+
+import inkex
+
+
+class NewGlyphLayer(inkex.EffectExtension):
+    def add_arguments(self, pars):
+        self.arg_parser.add_argument("--text", default="", help="Unicode chars")
+
+        self.encoding = sys.stdin.encoding
+        if self.encoding == "cp0" or self.encoding is None:
+            self.encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+
+    def effect(self):
+        # Get all the options
+        unicode_chars = self.options.text
+        if isinstance(unicode_chars, bytes):
+            unicode_chars = unicode_chars.decode(self.encoding)
+
+        # TODO: remove duplicate chars
+
+        for char in unicode_chars:
+            # Create a new layer.
+            layer = self.svg.add(inkex.Layer.new("GlyphLayer-" + char))
+            layer.set("style", "display:none")  # initially not visible
+
+            # TODO: make it optional ("Use current selection as template glyph")
+            # Move selection to the newly created layer
+            for node in self.svg.selection.values():
+                layer.append(node)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    NewGlyphLayer().run()