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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: intl.h
3// Purpose: Internationalization and localisation for wxWindows
4// Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5// Modified by:
6// Created: 29/01/98
7// RCS-ID: $Id$
8// Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
84c18814 9// Licence: wxWindows license
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10/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12#ifndef __INTLH__
13#define __INTLH__
14
15#ifdef __GNUG__
84c18814 16 #pragma interface "intl.h"
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17#endif
18
19#include "wx/defs.h"
20#include "wx/string.h"
21
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22#if wxUSE_INTL
23
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24// ============================================================================
25// global decls
26// ============================================================================
27
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28// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29// macros
30// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
31
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32// gettext() style macro (notice that xgettext should be invoked with "-k_"
33// option to extract the strings inside _() from the sources)
687d7337 34#ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
b12915c1 35 #define _(str) wxGetTranslation(_T(str))
687d7337 36#endif
c801d85f 37
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38// another one which just marks the strings for extraction, but doesn't
39// perform the translation (use -kwxTRANSLATE with xgettext!)
b12915c1 40#define wxTRANSLATE(str) _T(str)
3c1866e8 41
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42// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
43// forward decls
44// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
45class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale;
46class WXDLLEXPORT wxMsgCatalog;
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47
48// ============================================================================
49// locale support
50// ============================================================================
51
52// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53// wxLocale: encapsulates all language dependent settings, including current
84c18814 54// message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (TODO) &c
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55// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale
57{
58public:
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59 // ctor & dtor
60 // -----------
61
62 // call Init() if you use this ctor
63 wxLocale();
64 // the ctor has a side effect of changing current locale
afc94fa6 65 wxLocale(const wxChar *szName, // name (for messages)
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66 const wxChar *szShort = (const wxChar *) NULL, // dir prefix (for msg files)
67 const wxChar *szLocale = (const wxChar *) NULL, // locale (for setlocale)
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68 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE, // preload wxstd.mo?
69 bool bConvertEncoding = FALSE) // convert Win<->Unix if neccessary?
70 { Init(szName, szShort, szLocale, bLoadDefault, bConvertEncoding); }
84c18814 71 // the same as a function (returns TRUE on success)
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72 bool Init(const wxChar *szName,
73 const wxChar *szShort = (const wxChar *) NULL,
74 const wxChar *szLocale = (const wxChar *) NULL,
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75 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE,
76 bool bConvertEncoding = FALSE);
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77 // restores old locale
78 ~wxLocale();
79
80 // returns locale name
7b36d720 81 const wxChar *GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
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82
83 // add a prefix to the catalog lookup path: the message catalog files will be
84 // looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES, prefix/LC_MESSAGES and prefix
85 // (in this order).
86 //
87 // This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
88 static void AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(const wxString& prefix);
89
90 // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory
91 // first, system one after), but the you may prepend additional directories to
92 // the search path with AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
93 //
94 // The loaded catalog will be used for message lookup by GetString().
95 //
96 // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
7b36d720 97 bool AddCatalog(const wxChar *szDomain);
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98
99 // check if the given catalog is loaded
7b36d720 100 bool IsLoaded(const wxChar *szDomain) const;
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101
102 // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
103 // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
104 // searched)
105 //
106 // return original string if translation is not available
107 // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
108 // a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
109 //
110 // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
111 // added later override those added before.
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112 const wxMB2WXbuf GetString(const wxChar *szOrigString,
113 const wxChar *szDomain = (const wxChar *) NULL) const;
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114
115 // Returns the current short name for the locale
116 const wxString& GetName() const { return m_strShort; }
117
118private:
119 // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
7b36d720 120 wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const wxChar *szDomain) const;
84c18814 121
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122 wxString m_strLocale, // this locale name
123 m_strShort; // short name for the locale
84c18814 124
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125 const wxChar *m_pszOldLocale; // previous locale from setlocale()
126 wxLocale *m_pOldLocale; // previous wxLocale
84c18814 127
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128 wxMsgCatalog *m_pMsgCat; // pointer to linked list of catalogs
129
130 bool m_bConvertEncoding;
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131};
132
9d8046f6 133// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
a1530845 134// global functions
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135// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
136
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137// get the current locale object (note that it may be NULL!)
138extern WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
139
140// get the translation of the string in the current locale
7b36d720 141inline const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz)
9d8046f6 142{
84c18814 143 wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
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144 if (pLoc)
145 return pLoc->GetString(sz);
146 else
147 return (const wxMB2WXbuf)sz;
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148}
149
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150#else // !wxUSE_INTL
151
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152// the macros should still be defined - otherwise compilation would fail
153
154#if !defined(WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO) && !defined(_)
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155 #define _(str) (str)
156#endif
157
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158#define wxTRANSLATE(str) _T(str)
159
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160inline const wxChar *wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz) { return sz; }
161
162#endif // wxUSE_INTL/!wxUSE_INTL
163
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164// define this one just in case it occurs somewhere (instead of preferred
165// wxTRANSLATE) too
166#if !defined(WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO) && !defined(gettext_noop)
167 #define gettext_noop(str) _T(str)
168#endif
169
c801d85f 170#endif
84c18814 171 // _WX_INTLH__