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[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / intl.h
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>
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef __INTLH__
13 #define __INTLH__
14
15 #ifdef __GNUG__
16 #pragma interface "intl.h"
17 #endif
18
19 #include "wx/defs.h"
20 #include "wx/string.h"
21
22 // ============================================================================
23 // global decls
24 // ============================================================================
25
26 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27 // simple types
28 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29
30 // # adjust if necessary
31 typedef unsigned char size_t8;
32 typedef unsigned long size_t32;
33
34 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
35 // macros
36 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
37
38 // gettext() style macro
39 #ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
40 #define _(str) wxGetTranslation(str)
41 #endif
42
43 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
44 // forward decls
45 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
46 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale;
47 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMsgCatalog;
48 extern WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxLocale *) g_pLocale;
49
50 // ============================================================================
51 // locale support
52 // ============================================================================
53
54 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
55 // wxLocale: encapsulates all language dependent settings, including current
56 // message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (#### to do) &c
57 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
58 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale
59 {
60 public:
61 // ctor & dtor
62 // call Init() if you use this ctor
63 wxLocale();
64 // the ctor has a side effect of changing current locale
65 wxLocale(const char *szName, // name (for messages)
66 const char *szShort = (const char *) NULL, // dir prefix (for msg files)
67 const char *szLocale = (const char *) NULL, // locale (for setlocale)
68 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE) // preload wxstd.mo?
69 { Init(szName, szShort, szLocale, bLoadDefault); }
70 // the same as a function (returns TRUE on success)
71 bool Init(const char *szName,
72 const char *szShort = (const char *) NULL,
73 const char *szLocale = (const char *) NULL,
74 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE);
75 // restores old locale
76 ~wxLocale();
77
78 // returns locale name
79 const char *GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
80
81 // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory
82 // first, system one after). It will be used for message lookup by
83 // GetString().
84 //
85 // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
86 bool AddCatalog(const char *szDomain);
87
88 // check if the given catalog is loaded
89 bool IsLoaded(const char *szDomain) const;
90
91 // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
92 // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
93 // searched)
94 //
95 // return original string if translation is not available
96 // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
97 // a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
98 //
99 // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
100 // added later override those added before.
101 const char *GetString(const char *szOrigString,
102 const char *szDomain = (const char *) NULL) const;
103
104 private:
105 // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
106 wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const char *szDomain) const;
107
108 wxString m_strLocale, // this locale name
109 m_strShort; // short name for the locale
110
111 const char *m_pszOldLocale; // previous locale from setlocale()
112 wxLocale *m_pOldLocale; // previous wxLocale
113
114 wxMsgCatalog *m_pMsgCat; // pointer to linked list of catalogs
115 };
116
117 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
118 // global functions
119 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
120 WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
121
122 // get the translation of the string in the current locale
123 inline const char *wxGetTranslation(const char *sz)
124 {
125 wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
126 return pLoc == (wxLocale *) NULL ? sz : pLoc->GetString(sz);
127 }
128
129 #endif
130 // _WX_INTLH__