From: #define wxTRANSLATE(str) (str)
[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(wxT(str))
36 #endif
37
38 // another one which just marks the strings for extraction, but doesn't
39 // perform the translation (use -kwxTRANSLATE with xgettext!)
40 #define wxTRANSLATE(str) wxT(str)
41
42 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
43 // forward decls
44 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
45 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale;
46 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMsgCatalog;
47
48 // ============================================================================
49 // locale support
50 // ============================================================================
51
52 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 // wxLocale: encapsulates all language dependent settings, including current
54 // message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (TODO) &c
55 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale
57 {
58 public:
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
65 wxLocale(const wxChar *szName, // name (for messages)
66 const wxChar *szShort = (const wxChar *) NULL, // dir prefix (for msg files)
67 const wxChar *szLocale = (const wxChar *) 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 wxChar *szName,
72 const wxChar *szShort = (const wxChar *) NULL,
73 const wxChar *szLocale = (const wxChar *) NULL,
74 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE);
75 // restores old locale
76 ~wxLocale();
77
78 // returns locale name
79 const wxChar *GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
80
81 // add a prefix to the catalog lookup path: the message catalog files will be
82 // looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES, prefix/LC_MESSAGES and prefix
83 // (in this order).
84 //
85 // This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
86 static void AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(const wxString& prefix);
87
88 // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory
89 // first, system one after), but the you may prepend additional directories to
90 // the search path with AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
91 //
92 // The loaded catalog will be used for message lookup by GetString().
93 //
94 // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
95 bool AddCatalog(const wxChar *szDomain);
96
97 // check if the given catalog is loaded
98 bool IsLoaded(const wxChar *szDomain) const;
99
100 // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
101 // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
102 // searched)
103 //
104 // return original string if translation is not available
105 // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
106 // a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
107 //
108 // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
109 // added later override those added before.
110 const wxMB2WXbuf GetString(const wxChar *szOrigString,
111 const wxChar *szDomain = (const wxChar *) NULL) const;
112
113 // Returns the current short name for the locale
114 const wxString& GetName() const { return m_strShort; }
115
116 private:
117 // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
118 wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const wxChar *szDomain) const;
119
120 wxString m_strLocale, // this locale name
121 m_strShort; // short name for the locale
122
123 const wxChar *m_pszOldLocale; // previous locale from setlocale()
124 wxLocale *m_pOldLocale; // previous wxLocale
125
126 wxMsgCatalog *m_pMsgCat; // pointer to linked list of catalogs
127 };
128
129 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
130 // global functions
131 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
132
133 // get the current locale object (note that it may be NULL!)
134 extern WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
135
136 // get the translation of the string in the current locale
137 inline const wxMB2WXbuf wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz)
138 {
139 wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
140 if (pLoc)
141 return pLoc->GetString(sz);
142 else
143 return (const wxMB2WXbuf)sz;
144 }
145
146 #else // !wxUSE_INTL
147
148 #ifndef WXINTL_NO_GETTEXT_MACRO
149 #define _(str) (str)
150 #endif
151
152 inline const wxChar *wxGetTranslation(const wxChar *sz) { return sz; }
153
154 #endif // wxUSE_INTL/!wxUSE_INTL
155
156 #endif
157 // _WX_INTLH__