--- a/textshaper/whitespace.py	Sat Oct 05 09:50:34 2013 -0700
+++ b/textshaper/whitespace.py	Sun Oct 20 18:07:06 2013 -0700
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 text shaping functionality having to do with whitespace
 """
 
+import os
+
 __all__ = ['normalize']
 
 def normalize(text, separator=None, joiner=None):
@@ -14,3 +16,13 @@
     if joiner is None:
         joiner = ' ' if separator is None else separator
     return joiner.join(text.strip().split(separator))
+
+def filename2name(text, whitespace=('_',), replacement=' '):
+    """
+    convert filename to name
+    """
+
+    name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basenmae(text))[0]
+    for string in whitespace:
+        name = name.replace(string, replace)
+    return name