Create a function that given a printer type name, it will return and

abbreviated name.

Contributes to CURA-5942.

cura/PrintInformation.py

@@ -395,21 +395,7 @@ class PrintInformation(QObject):
             return
         active_machine_type_name = global_container_stack.definition.getName()
 
-        abbr_machine = ""
+        self._abbr_machine = self._application.getMachineManager().getAbbreviatedMachineName(active_machine_type_name)
-        for word in re.findall(r"[\w']+", active_machine_type_name):
-            if word.lower() == "ultimaker":
-                abbr_machine += "UM"
-            elif word.isdigit():
-                abbr_machine += word
-            else:
-                stripped_word = self._stripAccents(word.upper())
-                # - use only the first character if the word is too long (> 3 characters)
-                # - use the whole word if it's not too long (<= 3 characters)
-                if len(stripped_word) > 3:
-                    stripped_word = stripped_word[0]
-                abbr_machine += stripped_word
-
-        self._abbr_machine = abbr_machine
 
     ##  Utility method that strips accents from characters (eg: â -> a)
     def _stripAccents(self, to_strip: str) -> str:

cura/Settings/MachineManager.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 import collections
 import time
+import re
+import unicodedata
 from typing import Any, Callable, List, Dict, TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, cast
 
 from UM.ConfigurationErrorMessage import ConfigurationErrorMessage
@@ -1537,3 +1539,22 @@ class MachineManager(QObject):
         with postponeSignals(*self._getContainerChangedSignals(), compress = CompressTechnique.CompressPerParameterValue):
             self.updateMaterialWithVariant(None)
             self._updateQualityWithMaterial()
+
+    ##  This function will translate any printer type name to an abbreviated printer type name
+    @pyqtSlot(str, result = str)
+    def getAbbreviatedMachineName(self, machine_type_name: str) -> str:
+        abbr_machine = ""
+        for word in re.findall(r"[\w']+", machine_type_name):
+            if word.lower() == "ultimaker":
+                abbr_machine += "UM"
+            elif word.isdigit():
+                abbr_machine += word
+            else:
+                stripped_word = ''.join(char for char in unicodedata.normalize('NFD', word.upper()) if unicodedata.category(char) != 'Mn')
+                # - use only the first character if the word is too long (> 3 characters)
+                # - use the whole word if it's not too long (<= 3 characters)
+                if len(stripped_word) > 3:
+                    stripped_word = stripped_word[0]
+                abbr_machine += stripped_word
+
+        return abbr_machine

resources/qml/PrinterSelector/MachineSelectorButton.qml

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Button
                 model: printerTypesList
                 delegate: Cura.PrinterTypeLabel
                 {
-                    text: modelData
+                    text: Cura.MachineManager.getAbbreviatedMachineName(modelData)
                 }
             }
         }