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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 #if wxUSE_INTL
23
24 // ============================================================================
25 // global decls
26 // ============================================================================
27
28 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 // macros
30 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
31
32 // gettext() style macro (notice that xgettext should be invoked with "-k_"
33 // option to extract the strings inside _() from the sources)
34 #ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
35 #define _(str) wxGetTranslation(_T(str))
36 #endif
37
38 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39 // forward decls
40 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
41 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale;
42 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMsgCatalog;
43
44 // ============================================================================
45 // locale support
46 // ============================================================================
47
48 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 // wxLocale: encapsulates all language dependent settings, including current
50 // message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (TODO) &c
51 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
52 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale
53 {
54 public:
55 // ctor & dtor
56 // -----------
57
58 // call Init() if you use this ctor
59 wxLocale();
60 // the ctor has a side effect of changing current locale
61 wxLocale(const wxChar *szName, // name (for messages)
62 const wxChar *szShort = (const wxChar *) NULL, // dir prefix (for msg files)
63 const wxChar *szLocale = (const wxChar *) NULL, // locale (for setlocale)
64 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE) // preload wxstd.mo?
65 { Init(szName, szShort, szLocale, bLoadDefault); }
66 // the same as a function (returns TRUE on success)
67 bool Init(const wxChar *szName,
68 const wxChar *szShort = (const wxChar *) NULL,
69 const wxChar *szLocale = (const wxChar *) NULL,
70 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE);
71 // restores old locale
72 ~wxLocale();
73
74 // returns locale name
75 const wxChar *GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
76
77 // add a prefix to the catalog lookup path: the message catalog files will be
78 // looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES, prefix/LC_MESSAGES and prefix
79 // (in this order).
80 //
81 // This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
82 static void AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(const wxString& prefix);
83
84 // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory
85 // first, system one after), but the you may prepend additional directories to
86 // the search path with AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
87 //
88 // The loaded catalog will be used for message lookup by GetString().
89 //
90 // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
91 bool AddCatalog(const wxChar *szDomain);
92
93 // check if the given catalog is loaded
94 bool IsLoaded(const wxChar *szDomain) const;
95
96 // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
97 // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
98 // searched)
99 //
100 // return original string if translation is not available
101 // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
102 // a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
103 //
104 // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
105 // added later override those added before.
106 const wxMB2WXbuf GetString(const wxChar *szOrigString,
107 const wxChar *szDomain = (const wxChar *) NULL) const;
108
109 // Returns the current short name for the locale
110 const wxString& GetName() const { return m_strShort; }
111
112 private:
113 // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
114 wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const wxChar *szDomain) const;
115
116 wxString m_strLocale, // this locale name
117 m_strShort; // short name for the locale
118
119 const wxChar *m_pszOldLocale; // previous locale from setlocale()
120 wxLocale *m_pOldLocale; // previous wxLocale
121
122 wxMsgCatalog *m_pMsgCat; // pointer to linked list of catalogs
123 };
124
125 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
126 // global functions
127 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
128
129 // get the current locale object (note that it may be NULL!)
130 extern WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
131
132 // get the translation of the string in the current locale
133 inline const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz)
134 {
135 wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
136 if (pLoc)
137 return pLoc->GetString(sz);
138 else
139 return (const wxMB2WXbuf)sz;
140 }
141
142 #else // !wxUSE_INTL
143
144 #ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
145 #define _(str) (str)
146 #endif
147
148 inline const wxChar *wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz) { return sz; }
149
150 #endif // wxUSE_INTL/!wxUSE_INTL
151
152 #endif
153 // _WX_INTLH__