diff --git a/convert_to_cpp.py b/convert_to_cpp.py
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+#!/bin/python3
+""" A python script to transform a vulkan project to use vulkan.hpp instead of the c api
+Copyright  ©  2022  Matthias  Quintern.
+This software comes with no warranty.
+This software is licensed under the GPL3
+"""
+from os import makedirs, mkdir, path, listdir, chdir
+from sys import argv, exit
+import re
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
+
+
+filetypes = [ ".hpp", ".cpp" ]
+no_delete = False
+
+def error(s):
+    print(s)
+    exit(1)
+
+def case_to_camel(s: str) -> str:
+    """
+    turn all letters following a uppercase letter to lowercase
+    turn letter following " _0-9" to uppercase
+    remove " " and "_"
+    """
+    ret = ""
+    make_lower = False
+    make_upper = False
+    for c in s:
+        if c in "_ 0123456789":
+            make_lower = False
+            make_upper = True
+            if c in "_ ":
+                continue
+            else:
+                ret += c
+                continue
+
+        if make_lower:
+            ret += c.lower()
+        elif make_upper:
+            ret += c.upper()
+        else:
+            ret += c
+        make_upper = False
+        make_lower = True
+    return ret
+
+def case_first_letter_low(s: str) -> str:
+    return s[0].lower() + s[1:]
+
+def delete(s) -> str:
+    global no_delete
+    if no_delete:
+        return "// no-delete " + s
+    else:
+        return ""
+
+enum_suffixes = [ "KHR", "EXT", "AMD", "NV"]
+vk_soup = bs()
+def init_enum_names():
+    global vk_soup
+    with open("vk.xml", "r") as vk:
+        spec = vk.read()
+    vk_soup = bs(spec, features="lxml")
+
+new_token_begin_chars = r"[<>()\[\]{} ,;=&|\t\n]"
+
+
+# functions that take the line and a token and return the transformed line
+re_vk_function: str = new_token_begin_chars +  r"(vk[A-Z][a-zA-Z]+)\("
+re_vk_function_device:str = r"vk[a-zA-Z]+\(((?:device)|(?:vk.getDevice\(\))), "
+def vk_function(line:str, function:str) -> str:
+    match = re.search(re_vk_function_device, line)
+    if match:
+        new_function:str = match.groups()[0] + "." + case_first_letter_low(function.removeprefix("vk"))
+        return line.replace(match.groups()[0] + ", ", "").replace(function, new_function)
+    else:
+        new_function = "vk::" + case_first_letter_low(function.removeprefix("vk"))
+        return line.replace(function, new_function)
+
+re_vk_type: str = new_token_begin_chars +  r"(Vk[A-Z][a-zA-Z]+)"
+def vk_type(line:str, type_:str) -> str:
+    new_type = "vk::" + type_.removeprefix("Vk")
+    return line.replace(type_, new_type)
+
+# 0 -> name, 1 -> suffixes, 2 -> iteration
+re_vk_enum_name: str = "Vk([a-zA-Z]+?)(?:FlagBits)?((?:KHR)|(?:EXT)|(?:AMD)|(?:NV))*([2-9]?)$"
+re_vk_enum_val: str = new_token_begin_chars +  r"(VK_(?:[A-Z0-9]+_)+([A-Z0-9]+))"
+def vk_enum_val(line: str, enum_val: str) -> str:
+    new_enum_val = "vk::"
+
+    # name is VkName[FlagBits][Suffix][2] -> VK_NAME[_BIT][_SUFFIX][2]
+
+    tag =  vk_soup.find(attrs={"name":enum_val})
+    if not tag:
+        print("skipping", enum_val, "(not found)")
+        return line
+    enum_val_2 = case_to_camel(enum_val)
+    parent = tag.parent
+
+    if not parent.attrs.__contains__("name"):
+        print("skipping", enum_val, "(no parent name)")
+        return line
+
+    # print(enum_val_2)
+    # print(parent["name"], parent["type"])
+
+    match = re.search(re_vk_enum_name, parent["name"])
+    if match:
+        name = match.groups()[0]
+        suffixes = match.groups()[1]
+        iteration = match.groups()[2]
+        # enum name
+        new_enum_val += parent["name"].removeprefix("Vk") + "::"
+        # enum val name
+        print("\tenum_val_2", enum_val_2)
+        print("\tname", name)
+        print("\tparent['name']", parent['name'])
+        print("\tsuffixes", suffixes)
+        print("\titeration", iteration)
+        new_enum_val += "e" + enum_val_2.removeprefix("Vk" + name)
+        if suffixes:
+            new_enum_val = new_enum_val.removesuffix(case_to_camel(suffixes))
+        new_enum_val = new_enum_val.removesuffix("Bit")
+    else:
+        print("skipping", enum_val, "(no parent name match)")
+        return line
+    print(new_enum_val, "\n")
+    return line.replace(enum_val, new_enum_val)
+
+def vk_str(line, m):
+    # same match with different group
+    match = re.search(r"STR_VK_[A-Z]+\((.+)\)", line)
+    if match:
+        return line.replace(m, match.groups()[0])
+    else:
+        return line
+
+
+# f = f(line, match_group) -> line
+re_and_f = {
+    re_vk_function: vk_function,
+    re_vk_type: vk_type,
+    re_vk_enum_val: vk_enum_val,
+    r"(STR_VK_[A-Z]+\(.+\))": vk_str,
+}
+
+re_vk_struct_init: str = r"vk::[a-zA-Z2]+ [a-zA-Z]+ ?\{\};"
+def vk_struct_init(s):
+    return s.replace("};", "").replace("{", " {").replace("  {", " {")
+
+re_vk_struct_member_init: str = r"([a-zA-Z]+(?:(?:CI)|(?:AI)|(?:I)|(?:MI)))\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+ = .+;"
+def vk_struct_member_init(s):
+    match= re.search(re_vk_struct_member_init, s)
+    if match:
+        return s.replace(match.groups()[0], "\t").replace(";", ",")
+    else:
+        return s
+
+# f = f(line) -> line
+re_no_group_and_f = {
+    "#include <vulkan/vulkan_core.h>": lambda l : "#define VULKAN_HPP_NO_CONSTRUCTORS\n" + l.replace("vulkan_core.h>", "vulkan.hpp>"),
+    r"\.sType ?=": lambda l : delete(l),
+    "VK_SUCCESS": lambda l : l.replace("VK_SUCCESS", "vk::Result::eSuccess"),
+    re_vk_struct_init: vk_struct_init,
+    re_vk_struct_member_init: vk_struct_member_init,
+}
+
+
+def transform_file(filename:str, outfilename):
+    """
+    """
+
+    print("transform_file:", filename)
+    if not path.isfile(filename): error("File does not exist:" + filename)
+
+    with open(filename, "r") as file:
+        lines = file.readlines()
+
+    for i in range(len(lines)):
+        line = lines[i]
+        for reg, f in re_and_f.items():
+            for m in re.finditer(reg, line):
+                line = f(line, m.groups()[0])
+
+            line = line
+        for reg, f in re_no_group_and_f.items():
+            if re.search(reg, line):
+                line = f(line)
+        lines[i] = line
+
+    with open(outfilename, "w") as file:
+        file.writelines(lines)
+
+
+
+    # with open(filename, "w") as file:
+    #     file.writelines(lines)
+
+
+def process_path(path_):
+    # print("Processing path:", path_)
+    if path.isfile(path_) and path.splitext(path_)[-1] in filetypes:
+        makedirs("new/" + path.dirname(path_), exist_ok=True)
+        transform_file(path_, "new/" + path_)
+    else:
+        if path.isdir(path_):
+            for p in listdir(path_):
+                process_path(path_ + "/" + p)
+
+
+
+
+def print_help():
+    print("""
+-h --help           help
+--no-delete         comment lines instead of deleting them"""
+)
+
+def missing_arg(arg):
+    print("Missing argument for", arg)
+    exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    i = 1
+    while i in range(1, len(argv)):
+        if  argv[i] == "--help" or argv[i] == "-h":
+            print_help()
+            exit(0)
+        elif argv[i] == "--no-delete":
+            no_delete = True
+        i += 1
+
+    init_enum_names()
+    process_path(path.curdir)
+
+
+
+