ST2 Insert Special Symbol Plugin

InsertSpecialSymbolCommand.py

import sublime, sublime_plugin
import unicodedata

class InsertSpecialSymbolCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    DEBUG = True

    replacements = dict((unicodedata.name(L).split()[-1].lower(), L) for L in map(unichr, range(945, 970)))

    @staticmethod
    def debug(string):
        if InsertSpecialSymbolCommand.DEBUG: print(string)

    def run(self, edit):
        """ Replaces the selected word with an appropriate symbol """
        view = self.view
        for cursor in view.sel():
            wordRegion = view.word(cursor)
            word = view.substr(wordRegion)
            symbol = self.replacements.get(word.lower(), None)

            if symbol is not None:
                view.replace(edit, wordRegion, symbol if word[0].islower() else symbol.upper())
            else:
                InsertSpecialSymbolCommand.debug("Substitution not available for '%s'." % word)
                

Based on code found at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21290849/replacing-words-with-greek-letters-in-sublimetext