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1\section{\class{wxLocale}}\label{wxlocale}
2
3wxLocale class encapsulates all language-dependent settings and is a
4generalization of the C locale concept.
5
6In wxWindows this class manages message catalogs which contain the translations
7of the strings used to the current language.
8
9\perlnote{In wxPerl you can't use the '\_' function name, so
10the {\tt Wx::Locale} module can export the {\tt gettext} and
11{\tt gettext\_noop} under any given name.
12\begin{verbatim}
13 # this imports gettext ( equivalent to Wx::GetTranslation
14 # and gettext_noop ( a noop )
15 # into your module
16 use Wx::Locale qw(:default);
17
18 # ....
19
20 # use the functions
21 print gettext( ``Panic!'' );
22
23 button = Wx::Button->new( window, -1, gettext( ``Label'' ) );
24\end{verbatim}
25If you need to translate a lot of strings, then adding gettext( ) around
26each one is a long task ( that is why \_( ) was introduced ), so just choose
27a shorter name for gettext:
28\begin{verbatim}
29 #
30 use Wx::Locale 'gettext' => 't',
31 'gettext_noop' => 'gettext_noop';
32
33 # ...
34
35 # use the functions
36 print t( ``Panic!!'' );
37
38 # ...
39\end{verbatim}
40}
41
42\wxheading{Derived from}
43
44No base class
45
46\wxheading{See also}
47
48\helpref{I18n overview}{internationalization}
49
50\wxheading{Include files}
51
52<wx/intl.h>
53
54
55\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
56
57
58\membersection{Supported languages}\label{wxlanguage}
59
60The following wxLanguage constants may be used to specify the language
61in \helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit} and are returned by
62\helpref{GetSystemLanguage}{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}:
63
64
65
66%% --- --- --- generated code begins here --- --- ---
67
68%% This enum is generated by misc/languages/genlang.py
69%% When making changes, please put them into misc/languages/langtabl.txt
70\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
71\item wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT -- user's default language as obtained from the operating system
72\item wxLANGUAGE\_UNKNOWN -- returned by \helpref{GetSystemLanguage}{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}
73if it fails to detect the default language
74\item wxLANGUAGE\_USER\_DEFINED -- user defined languages' integer identifiers should start from
75this
76\item wxLANGUAGE\_ABKHAZIAN
77\item wxLANGUAGE\_AFAR
78\item wxLANGUAGE\_AFRIKAANS
79\item wxLANGUAGE\_ALBANIAN
80\item wxLANGUAGE\_AMHARIC
81\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC
82\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_ALGERIA
83\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_BAHRAIN
84\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_EGYPT
85\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_IRAQ
86\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_JORDAN
87\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_KUWAIT
88\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_LEBANON
89\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_LIBYA
90\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_MOROCCO
91\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_OMAN
92\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_QATAR
93\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_SAUDI\_ARABIA
94\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_SUDAN
95\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_SYRIA
96\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_TUNISIA
97\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_UAE
98\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_YEMEN
99\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARMENIAN
100\item wxLANGUAGE\_ASSAMESE
101\item wxLANGUAGE\_AYMARA
102\item wxLANGUAGE\_AZERI
103\item wxLANGUAGE\_AZERI\_CYRILLIC
104\item wxLANGUAGE\_AZERI\_LATIN
105\item wxLANGUAGE\_BASHKIR
106\item wxLANGUAGE\_BASQUE
107\item wxLANGUAGE\_BELARUSIAN
108\item wxLANGUAGE\_BENGALI
109\item wxLANGUAGE\_BHUTANI
110\item wxLANGUAGE\_BIHARI
111\item wxLANGUAGE\_BISLAMA
112\item wxLANGUAGE\_BRETON
113\item wxLANGUAGE\_BULGARIAN
114\item wxLANGUAGE\_BURMESE
115\item wxLANGUAGE\_CAMBODIAN
116\item wxLANGUAGE\_CATALAN
117\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE
118\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_SIMPLIFIED
119\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_TRADITIONAL
120\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_HONGKONG
121\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_MACAU
122\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_SINGAPORE
123\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_TAIWAN
124\item wxLANGUAGE\_CORSICAN
125\item wxLANGUAGE\_CROATIAN
126\item wxLANGUAGE\_CZECH
127\item wxLANGUAGE\_DANISH
128\item wxLANGUAGE\_DUTCH
129\item wxLANGUAGE\_DUTCH\_BELGIAN
130\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH
131\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_UK
132\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_US
133\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_AUSTRALIA
134\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_BELIZE
135\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_BOTSWANA
136\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_CANADA
137\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_CARIBBEAN
138\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_DENMARK
139\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_EIRE
140\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_JAMAICA
141\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_NEW\_ZEALAND
142\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_PHILIPPINES
143\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_SOUTH\_AFRICA
144\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_TRINIDAD
145\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_ZIMBABWE
146\item wxLANGUAGE\_ESPERANTO
147\item wxLANGUAGE\_ESTONIAN
148\item wxLANGUAGE\_FAEROESE
149\item wxLANGUAGE\_FARSI
150\item wxLANGUAGE\_FIJI
151\item wxLANGUAGE\_FINNISH
152\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH
153\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_BELGIAN
154\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_CANADIAN
155\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_LUXEMBOURG
156\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_MONACO
157\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_SWISS
158\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRISIAN
159\item wxLANGUAGE\_GALICIAN
160\item wxLANGUAGE\_GEORGIAN
161\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN
162\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_AUSTRIAN
163\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_BELGIUM
164\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_LIECHTENSTEIN
165\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_LUXEMBOURG
166\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_SWISS
167\item wxLANGUAGE\_GREEK
168\item wxLANGUAGE\_GREENLANDIC
169\item wxLANGUAGE\_GUARANI
170\item wxLANGUAGE\_GUJARATI
171\item wxLANGUAGE\_HAUSA
172\item wxLANGUAGE\_HEBREW
173\item wxLANGUAGE\_HINDI
174\item wxLANGUAGE\_HUNGARIAN
175\item wxLANGUAGE\_ICELANDIC
176\item wxLANGUAGE\_INDONESIAN
177\item wxLANGUAGE\_INTERLINGUA
178\item wxLANGUAGE\_INTERLINGUE
179\item wxLANGUAGE\_INUKTITUT
180\item wxLANGUAGE\_INUPIAK
181\item wxLANGUAGE\_IRISH
182\item wxLANGUAGE\_ITALIAN
183\item wxLANGUAGE\_ITALIAN\_SWISS
184\item wxLANGUAGE\_JAPANESE
185\item wxLANGUAGE\_JAVANESE
186\item wxLANGUAGE\_KANNADA
187\item wxLANGUAGE\_KASHMIRI
188\item wxLANGUAGE\_KASHMIRI\_INDIA
189\item wxLANGUAGE\_KAZAKH
190\item wxLANGUAGE\_KERNEWEK
191\item wxLANGUAGE\_KINYARWANDA
192\item wxLANGUAGE\_KIRGHIZ
193\item wxLANGUAGE\_KIRUNDI
194\item wxLANGUAGE\_KONKANI
195\item wxLANGUAGE\_KOREAN
196\item wxLANGUAGE\_KURDISH
197\item wxLANGUAGE\_LAOTHIAN
198\item wxLANGUAGE\_LATIN
199\item wxLANGUAGE\_LATVIAN
200\item wxLANGUAGE\_LINGALA
201\item wxLANGUAGE\_LITHUANIAN
202\item wxLANGUAGE\_MACEDONIAN
203\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAGASY
204\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAY
205\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAYALAM
206\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAY\_BRUNEI\_DARUSSALAM
207\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAY\_MALAYSIA
208\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALTESE
209\item wxLANGUAGE\_MANIPURI
210\item wxLANGUAGE\_MAORI
211\item wxLANGUAGE\_MARATHI
212\item wxLANGUAGE\_MOLDAVIAN
213\item wxLANGUAGE\_MONGOLIAN
214\item wxLANGUAGE\_NAURU
215\item wxLANGUAGE\_NEPALI
216\item wxLANGUAGE\_NEPALI\_INDIA
217\item wxLANGUAGE\_NORWEGIAN\_BOKMAL
218\item wxLANGUAGE\_NORWEGIAN\_NYNORSK
219\item wxLANGUAGE\_OCCITAN
220\item wxLANGUAGE\_ORIYA
221\item wxLANGUAGE\_OROMO
222\item wxLANGUAGE\_PASHTO
223\item wxLANGUAGE\_POLISH
224\item wxLANGUAGE\_PORTUGUESE
225\item wxLANGUAGE\_PORTUGUESE\_BRAZILIAN
226\item wxLANGUAGE\_PUNJABI
227\item wxLANGUAGE\_QUECHUA
228\item wxLANGUAGE\_RHAETO\_ROMANCE
229\item wxLANGUAGE\_ROMANIAN
230\item wxLANGUAGE\_RUSSIAN
231\item wxLANGUAGE\_RUSSIAN\_UKRAINE
232\item wxLANGUAGE\_SAMOAN
233\item wxLANGUAGE\_SANGHO
234\item wxLANGUAGE\_SANSKRIT
235\item wxLANGUAGE\_SCOTS\_GAELIC
236\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBIAN
237\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBIAN\_CYRILLIC
238\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBIAN\_LATIN
239\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBO\_CROATIAN
240\item wxLANGUAGE\_SESOTHO
241\item wxLANGUAGE\_SETSWANA
242\item wxLANGUAGE\_SHONA
243\item wxLANGUAGE\_SINDHI
244\item wxLANGUAGE\_SINHALESE
245\item wxLANGUAGE\_SISWATI
246\item wxLANGUAGE\_SLOVAK
247\item wxLANGUAGE\_SLOVENIAN
248\item wxLANGUAGE\_SOMALI
249\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH
250\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_ARGENTINA
251\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_BOLIVIA
252\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_CHILE
253\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_COLOMBIA
254\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_COSTA\_RICA
255\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_DOMINICAN\_REPUBLIC
256\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_ECUADOR
257\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_EL\_SALVADOR
258\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_GUATEMALA
259\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_HONDURAS
260\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_MEXICAN
261\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_MODERN
262\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_NICARAGUA
263\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PANAMA
264\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PARAGUAY
265\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PERU
266\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PUERTO\_RICO
267\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_URUGUAY
268\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_US
269\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_VENEZUELA
270\item wxLANGUAGE\_SUNDANESE
271\item wxLANGUAGE\_SWAHILI
272\item wxLANGUAGE\_SWEDISH
273\item wxLANGUAGE\_SWEDISH\_FINLAND
274\item wxLANGUAGE\_TAGALOG
275\item wxLANGUAGE\_TAJIK
276\item wxLANGUAGE\_TAMIL
277\item wxLANGUAGE\_TATAR
278\item wxLANGUAGE\_TELUGU
279\item wxLANGUAGE\_THAI
280\item wxLANGUAGE\_TIBETAN
281\item wxLANGUAGE\_TIGRINYA
282\item wxLANGUAGE\_TONGA
283\item wxLANGUAGE\_TSONGA
284\item wxLANGUAGE\_TURKISH
285\item wxLANGUAGE\_TURKMEN
286\item wxLANGUAGE\_TWI
287\item wxLANGUAGE\_UIGHUR
288\item wxLANGUAGE\_UKRAINIAN
289\item wxLANGUAGE\_URDU
290\item wxLANGUAGE\_URDU\_INDIA
291\item wxLANGUAGE\_URDU\_PAKISTAN
292\item wxLANGUAGE\_UZBEK
293\item wxLANGUAGE\_UZBEK\_CYRILLIC
294\item wxLANGUAGE\_UZBEK\_LATIN
295\item wxLANGUAGE\_VIETNAMESE
296\item wxLANGUAGE\_VOLAPUK
297\item wxLANGUAGE\_WELSH
298\item wxLANGUAGE\_WOLOF
299\item wxLANGUAGE\_XHOSA
300\item wxLANGUAGE\_YIDDISH
301\item wxLANGUAGE\_YORUBA
302\item wxLANGUAGE\_ZHUANG
303\item wxLANGUAGE\_ZULU
304\end{itemize}
305
306%% --- --- --- generated code ends here --- --- ---
307
308
309
310
311\membersection{wxLocale::wxLocale}\label{wxlocaledefctor}
312
313\func{}{wxLocale}{\void}
314
315This is the default constructor and it does nothing to initialize the object:
316\helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit} must be used to do that.
317
318\func{}{wxLocale}{\param{int }{language}, \param{int }{flags =
319 wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}
320
321See \helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit} for parameters description.
322
323\func{}{wxLocale}{\param{const char }{*szName}, \param{const char }{*szShort = NULL}, \param{const char }{*szLocale = NULL}, \param{bool }{bLoadDefault = TRUE}, \param{bool }{bConvertEncoding = FALSE}}
324
325See \helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit} for parameters description.
326
327The call of this function has several global side effects which you should
328understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that this
329will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf() or strftime().
330Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the
331application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will try to
332translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
333
334
335\membersection{wxLocale::\destruct{wxLocale}}\label{wxlocaledtor}
336
337\func{}{\destruct{wxLocale}}{\void}
338
339The destructor, like the constructor, also has global side effects: the previously
340set locale is restored and so the changes described in
341\helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit} documentation are rolled back.
342
343\membersection{wxLocale::AddCatalog}\label{wxlocaleaddcatalog}
344
345\func{bool}{AddCatalog}{\param{const char }{*szDomain}}
346
347Add a catalog for use with the current locale: it is searched for in standard
348places (current directory first, then the system one), but you may also prepend
349additional directories to the search path with
350\helpref{AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix()}{wxlocaleaddcataloglookuppathprefix}.
351
352All loaded catalogs will be used for message lookup by GetString() for the
353current locale.
354
355Returns TRUE if catalog was successfully loaded, FALSE otherwise (which might
356mean that the catalog is not found or that it isn't in the correct format).
357
358\membersection{wxLocale::AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix}\label{wxlocaleaddcataloglookuppathprefix}
359
360\func{void}{AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix}{\param{const wxString\& }{prefix}}
361
362Add a prefix to the catalog lookup path: the message catalog files will be
363looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC\_MESSAGES, prefix/LC\_MESSAGES and prefix
364(in this order).
365
366This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
367
368\membersection{wxLocale::AddLanguage}\label{wxlocaleaddlanguage}
369
370\func{static void}{AddLanguage}{\param{const wxLanguageInfo\& }{info}}
371
372Adds custom, user-defined language to the database of known languages. This
373database is used in conjuction with the first form of
374\helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit}.
375
376wxLanguageInfo is defined as follows:
377
378\begin{verbatim}
379struct WXDLLEXPORT wxLanguageInfo
380{
381 int Language; // wxLanguage id
382 wxString CanonicalName; // Canonical name, e.g. fr_FR
383#ifdef __WIN32__
384 wxUint32 WinLang, WinSublang; // Win32 language identifiers
385 // (LANG_xxxx, SUBLANG_xxxx)
386#endif
387 wxString Description; // human-readable name of the language
388};
389\end{verbatim}
390
391
392{\it Language} should be greater than wxLANGUAGE\_USER\_DEFINED.
393
394\perlnote{In wxPerl Wx::LanguageInfo has only one method:\par
395Wx::LanguageInfo->new( language, canonicalName, WinLang, WinSubLang, Description )}
396
397
398\membersection{wxLocale::GetCanonicalName}\label{wxlocalegetcanonicalname}
399
400\constfunc{wxString}{GetSysName}{\void}
401
402Returns the canonical form of current locale name. Canonical form is the
403one that is used on UNIX systems: it is a two- or five-letter string in xx or
404xx\_YY format, where xx is ISO 639 code of language and YY is ISO 3166 code of
405the country. Examples are "en", "en\_GB", "en\_US" or "fr\_FR".
406
407This form is internally used when looking up message catalogs.
408
409Compare \helpref{GetSysName}{wxlocalegetsysname}.
410
411
412
413\membersection{wxLocale::GetLanguage}\label{wxlocalegetlanguage}
414
415\constfunc{int}{GetLanguage}{\void}
416
417Returns \helpref{wxLanguage}{wxlanguage} constant of current language.
418Note that you can call this function only if you used the form of
419\helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit} that takes wxLanguage argument.
420
421
422\membersection{wxLocale::GetLocale}\label{wxlocalegetlocale}
423
424\constfunc{const char*}{GetLocale}{\void}
425
426Returns the locale name as passed to the constructor or
427\helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit}. This is full, human-readable name,
428e.g. "English" or "French".
429
430
431\membersection{wxLocale::GetName}\label{wxlocalegetname}
432
433\constfunc{const wxString\&}{GetName}{\void}
434
435Returns the current short name for the locale (as given to the constructor or
436the Init() function).
437
438\membersection{wxLocale::GetString}\label{wxlocalegetstring}
439
440\constfunc{const char*}{GetString}{\param{const char }{*szOrigString}, \param{const char }{*szDomain = NULL}}
441
442Retrieves the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless the szDomain
443parameter is specified (and then only this catalog/domain is searched).
444
445Returns original string if translation is not available
446(in this case an error message is generated the first time
447a string is not found; use \helpref{wxLogNull}{wxlogoverview} to suppress it).
448
449\wxheading{Remarks}
450
451Domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
452added later override those added before.
453
454\membersection{wxLocale::GetSysName}\label{wxlocalegetsysname}
455
456\constfunc{wxString}{GetSysName}{\void}
457
458Returns current platform-specific locale name as passed to setlocale().
459
460Compare \helpref{GetCanonicalName}{wxlocalegetcanonicalname}.
461
462
463\membersection{wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding}\label{wxlocalegetsystemencoding}
464
465\constfunc{static wxFontEncoding}{GetSystemEncoding}{\void}
466
467Tries to detect the user's default font encoding.
468Returns \helpref{wxFontEncoding}{wxfont} value or
469{\bf wxFONTENCODING\_SYSTEM} if it couldn't be determined.
470
471\membersection{wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName}\label{wxlocalegetsystemencodingname}
472
473\constfunc{static wxString}{GetSystemEncodingName}{\void}
474
475Tries to detect the name of the user's default font encoding. This string isn't
476particularly useful for the application as its form is platform-dependent and
477so you should probably use
478\helpref{GetSystemEncoding}{wxlocalegetsystemencoding} instead.
479
480Returns a user-readable string value or an empty string if it couldn't be
481determined.
482
483\membersection{wxLocale::GetSystemLanguage}\label{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}
484
485\constfunc{static int}{GetSystemLanguage}{\void}
486
487Tries to detect the user's default language setting.
488Returns \helpref{wxLanguage}{wxlanguage} value or
489 {\bf wxLANGUAGE\_UNKNOWN} if the language-guessing algorithm failed.
490
491
492\membersection{wxLocale::Init}\label{wxlocaleinit}
493
494
495\func{bool}{Init}{\param{int }{language = wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT}, \param{int }{flags =
496 wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}
497
498\func{bool}{Init}{\param{const char }{*szName}, \param{const char }{*szShort = NULL}, \param{const char }{*szLocale = NULL}, \param{bool }{bLoadDefault = TRUE}, \param{bool }{bConvertEncoding = FALSE}}
499
500The second form is deprecated, use the first one unless you know what you are
501doing.
502
503
504\wxheading{Parameters}
505
506\docparam{language}{\helpref{wxLanguage}{wxlanguage} identifier of the locale.
507wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT has special meaning -- wxLocale will use system's default
508language (see \helpref{GetSystemLanguage}{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}).}
509
510\docparam{flags}{Combination of the following:
511\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
512\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT}}{Load the message catalog
513for the given locale containing the translations of standard wxWindows messages
514automatically.}
515\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}{Automatically convert message
516catalogs to platform's native encoding. Note that it will do only basic
517conversion between well-known pair like iso8859-1 and windows-1252 or
518iso8859-2 and windows-1250. See \helpref{Writing non-English applications}{nonenglishoverview} for detailed
519description of this behaviour.}
520\end{twocollist}
521}
522
523\docparam{szName}{The name of the locale. Only used in diagnostic messages.}
524
525\docparam{szShort}{The standard 2 letter locale abbreviation and is used as the
526directory prefix when looking for the message catalog files.}
527
528\docparam{szLocale}{The parameter for the call to setlocale(). Note that it is
529platform-specific.}
530
531\docparam{bLoadDefault}{May be set to FALSE to prevent loading of the message catalog
532for the given locale containing the translations of standard wxWindows messages.
533This parameter would be rarely used in normal circumstances.}
534
535\docparam{bConvertEncoding}{May be set to TRUE to do automatic conversion of message
536catalogs to platform's native encoding. Note that it will do only basic
537conversion between well-known pair like iso8859-1 and windows-1252 or
538iso8859-2 and windows-1250.
539See \helpref{Writing non-English applications}{nonenglishoverview} for detailed
540description of this behaviour.}
541
542
543The call of this function has several global side effects which you should
544understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that this
545will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf() or strftime().
546Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the
547application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will try to
548translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
549
550Returns TRUE on success or FALSE if the given locale couldn't be set.
551
552\membersection{wxLocale::IsLoaded}\label{wxlocaleisloaded}
553
554\constfunc{bool}{IsLoaded}{\param{const char* }{domain}}
555
556Check if the given catalog is loaded, and returns TRUE if it is.
557
558According to GNU gettext tradition, each catalog
559normally corresponds to 'domain' which is more or less the application name.
560
561See also: \helpref{AddCatalog}{wxlocaleaddcatalog}
562
563\membersection{wxLocale::IsOk}\label{wxlocaleisok}
564
565\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
566
567Returns TRUE if the locale could be set successfully.
568