1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: interface of wxLocale
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
6 // Licence: wxWindows license
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10 // --- --- --- generated code begins here --- --- ---
13 The languages supported by wxLocale.
15 This enum is generated by misc/languages/genlang.py
16 When making changes, please put them into misc/languages/langtabl.txt
20 /// User's default/preffered language as got from OS.
23 /// Unknown language, returned if wxLocale::GetSystemLanguage fails.
32 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_ALGERIA
,
33 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_BAHRAIN
,
34 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_EGYPT
,
35 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_IRAQ
,
36 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_JORDAN
,
37 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_KUWAIT
,
38 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_LEBANON
,
39 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_LIBYA
,
40 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_MOROCCO
,
41 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_OMAN
,
42 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_QATAR
,
43 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_SAUDI_ARABIA
,
44 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_SUDAN
,
45 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_SYRIA
,
46 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_TUNISIA
,
47 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_UAE
,
48 wxLANGUAGE_ARABIC_YEMEN
,
54 wxLANGUAGE_AZERI_CYRILLIC
,
55 wxLANGUAGE_AZERI_LATIN
,
58 wxLANGUAGE_BELARUSIAN
,
69 wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_SIMPLIFIED
,
70 wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_TRADITIONAL
,
71 wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_HONGKONG
,
72 wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_MACAU
,
73 wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_SINGAPORE
,
74 wxLANGUAGE_CHINESE_TAIWAN
,
80 wxLANGUAGE_DUTCH_BELGIAN
,
82 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_UK
,
83 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_US
,
84 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_AUSTRALIA
,
85 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_BELIZE
,
86 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_BOTSWANA
,
87 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_CANADA
,
88 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_CARIBBEAN
,
89 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_DENMARK
,
90 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_EIRE
,
91 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_JAMAICA
,
92 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_NEW_ZEALAND
,
93 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_PHILIPPINES
,
94 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_SOUTH_AFRICA
,
95 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_TRINIDAD
,
96 wxLANGUAGE_ENGLISH_ZIMBABWE
,
104 wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_BELGIAN
,
105 wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_CANADIAN
,
106 wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_LUXEMBOURG
,
107 wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_MONACO
,
108 wxLANGUAGE_FRENCH_SWISS
,
113 wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_AUSTRIAN
,
114 wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_BELGIUM
,
115 wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_LIECHTENSTEIN
,
116 wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_LUXEMBOURG
,
117 wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN_SWISS
,
119 wxLANGUAGE_GREENLANDIC
,
125 wxLANGUAGE_HUNGARIAN
,
126 wxLANGUAGE_ICELANDIC
,
127 wxLANGUAGE_INDONESIAN
,
128 wxLANGUAGE_INTERLINGUA
,
129 wxLANGUAGE_INTERLINGUE
,
130 wxLANGUAGE_INUKTITUT
,
134 wxLANGUAGE_ITALIAN_SWISS
,
139 wxLANGUAGE_KASHMIRI_INDIA
,
142 wxLANGUAGE_KINYARWANDA
,
152 wxLANGUAGE_LITHUANIAN
,
153 wxLANGUAGE_MACEDONIAN
,
156 wxLANGUAGE_MALAYALAM
,
157 wxLANGUAGE_MALAY_BRUNEI_DARUSSALAM
,
158 wxLANGUAGE_MALAY_MALAYSIA
,
163 wxLANGUAGE_MOLDAVIAN
,
164 wxLANGUAGE_MONGOLIAN
,
167 wxLANGUAGE_NEPALI_INDIA
,
168 wxLANGUAGE_NORWEGIAN_BOKMAL
,
169 wxLANGUAGE_NORWEGIAN_NYNORSK
,
175 wxLANGUAGE_PORTUGUESE
,
176 wxLANGUAGE_PORTUGUESE_BRAZILIAN
,
179 wxLANGUAGE_RHAETO_ROMANCE
,
182 wxLANGUAGE_RUSSIAN_UKRAINE
,
187 wxLANGUAGE_SCOTS_GAELIC
,
189 wxLANGUAGE_SERBIAN_CYRILLIC
,
190 wxLANGUAGE_SERBIAN_LATIN
,
191 wxLANGUAGE_SERBO_CROATIAN
,
196 wxLANGUAGE_SINHALESE
,
199 wxLANGUAGE_SLOVENIAN
,
202 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_ARGENTINA
,
203 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_BOLIVIA
,
204 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_CHILE
,
205 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_COLOMBIA
,
206 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_COSTA_RICA
,
207 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC
,
208 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_ECUADOR
,
209 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_EL_SALVADOR
,
210 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_GUATEMALA
,
211 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_HONDURAS
,
212 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_MEXICAN
,
213 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_MODERN
,
214 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_NICARAGUA
,
215 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PANAMA
,
216 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PARAGUAY
,
217 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PERU
,
218 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_PUERTO_RICO
,
219 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_URUGUAY
,
220 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_US
,
221 wxLANGUAGE_SPANISH_VENEZUELA
,
222 wxLANGUAGE_SUNDANESE
,
225 wxLANGUAGE_SWEDISH_FINLAND
,
240 wxLANGUAGE_UKRAINIAN
,
242 wxLANGUAGE_URDU_INDIA
,
243 wxLANGUAGE_URDU_PAKISTAN
,
245 wxLANGUAGE_UZBEK_CYRILLIC
,
246 wxLANGUAGE_UZBEK_LATIN
,
247 wxLANGUAGE_VALENCIAN
,
248 wxLANGUAGE_VIETNAMESE
,
258 /// For custom, user-defined languages.
259 wxLANGUAGE_USER_DEFINED
262 // --- --- --- generated code ends here --- --- ---
267 This is the layout direction stored in wxLanguageInfo and returned by
268 wxApp::GetLayoutDirection(), wxWindow::GetLayoutDirection(),
269 wxDC::GetLayoutDirection() for RTL (right-to-left) languages support.
271 enum wxLayoutDirection
274 wxLayout_LeftToRight
,
279 Encapsulates a ::wxLanguage indentifier together with OS-specific information
280 related to that language.
283 In wxPerl @c Wx::LanguageInfo has only one method:
284 - Wx::LanguageInfo->new(language, canonicalName, WinLang, WinSubLang, Description)
287 struct WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxLanguageInfo
290 /// It should be greater than @c wxLANGUAGE_USER_DEFINED when defining your own
291 /// language info structure.
294 /// Canonical name of the language, e.g. @c fr_FR.
295 wxString CanonicalName
;
299 Win32 language identifiers (LANG_xxxx, SUBLANG_xxxx).
303 wxUint32 WinLang
, WinSublang
;
306 /// Human-readable name of the language.
307 wxString Description
;
309 /// The layout direction used for this language.
310 wxLayoutDirection LayoutDirection
;
312 /// Return the LCID corresponding to this language.
314 wxUint32
GetLCID() const;
316 /// Return the locale name corresponding to this language usable with
317 /// @c setlocale() on the current system.
318 wxString
GetLocaleName() const;
323 The category of locale settings.
325 @see wxLocale::GetInfo()
327 enum wxLocaleCategory
329 /// Number formatting.
332 /// Date/time formatting.
335 /// Monetary values formatting.
339 Default category for the wxLocaleInfo value.
341 This category can be used for values which only make sense for a single
342 category, e.g. wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT which can only be used with
343 wxLOCALE_CAT_DATE. As this is the default value of the second parameter
344 of wxLocale::GetInfo(), wxLOCALE_CAT_DATE can be omitted when asking
345 for wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT value.
353 The values understood by wxLocale::GetInfo().
355 Note that for the @c wxLOCALE_*_FMT constants (the date and time formats),
356 the strings returned by wxLocale::GetInfo() use strftime() or,
357 equivalently, wxDateTime::Format() format. If the relevant format
358 couldn't be determined, an empty string is returned -- there is no
359 fallback value so that the application could determine the best course
360 of actions itself in such case.
362 All of these values are used with @c wxLOCALE_CAT_DATE in wxLocale::GetInfo() or,
363 more typically, with @c wxLOCALE_CAT_DEFAULT as they only apply to a single category.
368 The thousands separator.
370 This value can be used with either wxLOCALE_CAT_NUMBER or
371 wxLOCALE_CAT_MONEY categories.
373 wxLOCALE_THOUSANDS_SEP
,
376 The character used as decimal point.
378 This value can be used with either wxLOCALE_CAT_NUMBER or
379 wxLOCALE_CAT_MONEY categories.
381 wxLOCALE_DECIMAL_POINT
,
386 Notice that short and long date formats may be the same under POSIX
387 systems currently but may, and typically are, different under MSW or OS X.
391 wxLOCALE_SHORT_DATE_FMT
,
398 wxLOCALE_LONG_DATE_FMT
,
401 Date and time format.
405 wxLOCALE_DATE_TIME_FMT
,
419 wxLocale class encapsulates all language-dependent settings and is a
420 generalization of the C locale concept.
422 In wxWidgets this class manages current locale. It also initializes and
423 activates wxTranslations object that manages message catalogs.
425 For a list of the supported languages, please see ::wxLanguage enum values.
426 These constants may be used to specify the language in wxLocale::Init and
427 are returned by wxLocale::GetSystemLanguage.
430 In wxPerl you can't use the '_' function name, so
431 the @c Wx::Locale module can export the @c gettext and
432 @c gettext_noop under any given name.
435 # this imports gettext ( equivalent to Wx::GetTranslation
436 # and gettext_noop ( a noop )
438 use Wx::Locale qw(:default);
443 print gettext( "Panic!" );
445 button = Wx::Button-new( window, -1, gettext( "Label" ) );
448 If you need to translate a lot of strings, then adding gettext( ) around
449 each one is a long task ( that is why _( ) was introduced ), so just choose
450 a shorter name for gettext:
453 use Wx::Locale 'gettext' = 't',
454 'gettext_noop' = 'gettext_noop';
459 print t( "Panic!!" );
468 @see @ref overview_i18n, @ref page_samples_internat, wxXLocale, wxTranslations
474 This is the default constructor and it does nothing to initialize the object:
475 Init() must be used to do that.
480 See Init() for parameters description.
482 wxLocale(int language
, int flags
= wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT
);
485 See Init() for parameters description.
487 The call of this function has several global side effects which you should
488 understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that this
489 will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf() or strftime().
490 Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the
491 application and so all subsequent calls to ::wxGetTranslation() will try to
492 translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
494 wxLocale(const wxString
& name
,
495 const wxString
& short = wxEmptyString
,
496 const wxString
& locale
= wxEmptyString
,
497 bool bLoadDefault
= true);
500 The destructor, like the constructor, also has global side effects: the
501 previously set locale is restored and so the changes described in
502 Init() documentation are rolled back.
507 Calls wxTranslations::AddCatalog(const wxString&).
509 bool AddCatalog(const wxString
& domain
);
512 Calls wxTranslations::AddCatalog(const wxString&, wxLanguage).
514 bool AddCatalog(const wxString
& domain
, wxLanguage msgIdLanguage
);
517 Calls wxTranslations::AddCatalog(const wxString&, wxLanguage, const wxString&).
519 bool AddCatalog(const wxString
& domain
, wxLanguage msgIdLanguage
,
520 const wxString
& msgIdCharset
);
523 Calls wxFileTranslationsLoader::AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
525 static void AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(const wxString
& prefix
);
528 Adds custom, user-defined language to the database of known languages.
529 This database is used in conjunction with the first form of Init().
531 static void AddLanguage(const wxLanguageInfo
& info
);
534 This function may be used to find the language description structure for the
535 given locale, specified either as a two letter ISO language code (for example,
536 "pt"), a language code followed by the country code ("pt_BR") or a full, human
537 readable, language description ("Portuguese-Brazil").
539 Returns the information for the given language or @NULL if this language
540 is unknown. Note that even if the returned pointer is valid, the caller
541 should @e not delete it.
543 @see GetLanguageInfo()
545 static const wxLanguageInfo
* FindLanguageInfo(const wxString
& locale
);
548 Returns the canonical form of current locale name. Canonical form is the
549 one that is used on UNIX systems: it is a two- or five-letter string in xx or
550 xx_YY format, where xx is ISO 639 code of language and YY is ISO 3166 code of
551 the country. Examples are "en", "en_GB", "en_US" or "fr_FR".
552 This form is internally used when looking up message catalogs.
553 Compare GetSysName().
555 wxString
GetCanonicalName() const;
558 Calls wxTranslations::GetHeaderValue().
560 wxString
GetHeaderValue(const wxString
& header
,
561 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
) const;
564 Returns the ::wxLanguage constant of current language.
566 Note that you can call this function only if you used the form of
567 Init() that takes ::wxLanguage argument.
569 int GetLanguage() const;
572 Returns a pointer to wxLanguageInfo structure containing information about
573 the given language or @NULL if this language is unknown. Note that even if
574 the returned pointer is valid, the caller should @e not delete it.
576 See AddLanguage() for the wxLanguageInfo description.
577 As with Init(), @c wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT has the special meaning if passed
578 as an argument to this function and in this case the result of
579 GetSystemLanguage() is used.
581 static const wxLanguageInfo
* GetLanguageInfo(int lang
);
584 Returns English name of the given language or empty string if this
587 See GetLanguageInfo() for a remark about special meaning of @c wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT.
589 static wxString
GetLanguageName(int lang
);
592 Returns canonical name (see GetCanonicalName()) of the given language
593 or empty string if this language is unknown.
595 See GetLanguageInfo() for a remark about special meaning of @c wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT.
599 static wxString
GetLanguageCanonicalName(int lang
);
602 Returns the locale name as passed to the constructor or Init().
604 This is a full, human-readable name, e.g. "English" or "French".
606 const wxString
& GetLocale() const;
609 Returns the current short name for the locale (as given to the constructor or
610 the Init() function).
612 const wxString
& GetName() const;
615 Calls wxTranslations::GetString(const wxString&, const wxString&) const.
617 virtual const wxString
& GetString(const wxString
& origString
,
618 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
) const;
621 Calls wxTranslations::GetString(const wxString&, const wxString&, size_t, const wxString&) const.
623 virtual const wxString
& GetString(const wxString
& origString
,
624 const wxString
& origString2
, size_t n
,
625 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
) const;
628 Returns current platform-specific locale name as passed to setlocale().
629 Compare GetCanonicalName().
631 wxString
GetSysName() const;
634 Tries to detect the user's default font encoding.
635 Returns wxFontEncoding() value or @c wxFONTENCODING_SYSTEM if it
636 couldn't be determined.
638 static wxFontEncoding
GetSystemEncoding();
641 Tries to detect the name of the user's default font encoding.
642 This string isn't particularly useful for the application as its form is
643 platform-dependent and so you should probably use GetSystemEncoding() instead.
645 Returns a user-readable string value or an empty string if it couldn't be
648 static wxString
GetSystemEncodingName();
651 Tries to detect the user's default language setting.
653 Returns the ::wxLanguage value or @c wxLANGUAGE_UNKNOWN if the language-guessing
656 static int GetSystemLanguage();
659 Get the values of the given locale-dependent datum.
661 This function returns the value of the locale-specific option specified
662 by the given @a index.
665 One of the elements of wxLocaleInfo enum.
667 The category to use with the given index or wxLOCALE_CAT_DEFAULT if
668 the index can only apply to a single category.
670 The option value or empty string if the function failed.
672 static wxString
GetInfo(wxLocaleInfo index
,
673 wxLocaleCategory cat
= wxLOCALE_CAT_DEFAULT
);
676 Initializes the wxLocale instance.
678 The call of this function has several global side effects which you should
679 understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that
680 this will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf()
682 Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for
683 the application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will
684 try to translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
687 ::wxLanguage identifier of the locale.
688 @c wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT has special meaning -- wxLocale will use system's
689 default language (see GetSystemLanguage()).
691 Combination of the following:
692 - wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT: Load the message catalog for the given locale
693 containing the translations of standard wxWidgets messages
695 - wxLOCALE_DONT_LOAD_DEFAULT: Negation of wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT.
697 @return @true on success or @false if the given locale couldn't be set.
699 bool Init(int language
= wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT
,
700 int flags
= wxLOCALE_LOAD_DEFAULT
);
704 This form is deprecated, use the other one unless you know what you are doing.
707 The name of the locale. Only used in diagnostic messages.
709 The standard 2 letter locale abbreviation; it is used as the
710 directory prefix when looking for the message catalog files.
712 The parameter for the call to setlocale().
713 Note that it is platform-specific.
715 May be set to @false to prevent loading of the message catalog for the
716 given locale containing the translations of standard wxWidgets messages.
717 This parameter would be rarely used in normal circumstances.
719 bool Init(const wxString
& name
, const wxString
& short = wxEmptyString
,
720 const wxString
& locale
= wxEmptyString
, bool bLoadDefault
= true);
723 Check whether the operating system and/or C run time environment supports
724 this locale. For example in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, support for many
725 locales is not installed by default. Returns @true if the locale is
728 The argument @a lang is the ::wxLanguage identifier. To obtain this for a
729 given a two letter ISO language code, use FindLanguageInfo() to obtain its
730 wxLanguageInfo structure.
731 See AddLanguage() for the wxLanguageInfo description.
735 static bool IsAvailable(int lang
);
738 Calls wxTranslations::IsLoaded().
740 bool IsLoaded(const wxString
& domain
) const;
743 Returns @true if the locale could be set successfully.
750 This class allows to get translations for strings.
752 In wxWidgets this class manages message catalogs which contain the
753 translations of the strings used to the current language. Unlike wxLocale,
754 it isn't bound to locale. It can be used either independently of, or in
755 conjunction with wxLocale. In the latter case, you should initialize
756 wxLocale (which creates wxTranslations instance) first; in the former, you
757 need to create a wxTranslations object and Set() it manually.
759 Only one wxTranslations instance is active at a time; it is set with the
760 Set() method and obtained using Get().
762 Unlike wxLocale, wxTranslations' primary mean of identifying language
763 is by its "canonical name", i.e. ISO 639 code, possibly combined with
764 ISO 3166 country code and additional modifiers (examples include
765 "fr", "en_GB" or "ca@valencia"; see wxLocale::GetCanonicalName() for
766 more information). This allows apps using wxTranslations API to use even
767 languages not recognized by the operating system or not listed in
781 Returns current translations object, may return NULL.
783 You must either call this early in app initialization code, or let
784 wxLocale do it for you.
786 static wxTranslations
*Get();
789 Sets current translations object.
791 Deletes previous translation object and takes ownership of @a t.
793 static void Set(wxTranslations
*t
);
796 Changes loader use to read catalogs to a non-default one.
798 Deletes previous loader and takes ownership of @a loader.
800 @see wxTranslationsLoader, wxFileTranslationsLoader
802 void SetLoader(wxTranslationsLoader
*loader
);
805 Sets translations language to use.
807 wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT has special meaning: best suitable translation,
808 given user's preference and available translations, will be used.
810 void SetLanguage(wxLanguage lang
);
813 Sets translations language to use.
815 Empty @a lang string has the same meaning as wxLANGUAGE_DEFAULT in
816 SetLanguage(wxLanguage): best suitable translation, given user's
817 preference and available translations, will be used.
819 void SetLanguage(const wxString
& lang
);
822 Add standard wxWidgets catalogs ("wxstd" and possible port-specific
825 @return @true if a suitable catalog was found, @false otherwise
829 bool AddStdCatalog();
832 Add a catalog for use with the current locale.
834 By default, it is searched for in standard places (see
835 wxFileTranslationsLoader), but you may also prepend additional
836 directories to the search path with
837 wxFileTranslationsLoader::AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
839 All loaded catalogs will be used for message lookup by GetString() for
842 In this overload, @c msgid strings are assumed
843 to be in English and written only using 7-bit ASCII characters.
844 If you have to deal with non-English strings or 8-bit characters in the
845 source code, see the instructions in @ref overview_nonenglish.
848 @true if catalog was successfully loaded, @false otherwise (which might
849 mean that the catalog is not found or that it isn't in the correct format).
851 bool AddCatalog(const wxString
& domain
);
854 Same as AddCatalog(const wxString&), but takes an additional argument,
858 The catalog domain to add.
861 Specifies the language of "msgid" strings in source code
862 (i.e. arguments to GetString(), wxGetTranslation() and the _() macro).
863 It is used if AddCatalog() cannot find any catalog for current language:
864 if the language is same as source code language, then strings from source
865 code are used instead.
868 @true if catalog was successfully loaded, @false otherwise (which might
869 mean that the catalog is not found or that it isn't in the correct format).
871 bool AddCatalog(const wxString
& domain
, wxLanguage msgIdLanguage
);
874 Same as AddCatalog(const wxString&, wxLanguage), but takes two
875 additional arguments, @a msgIdLanguage and @a msgIdCharset.
877 This overload is only available in non-Unicode build.
880 The catalog domain to add.
883 Specifies the language of "msgid" strings in source code
884 (i.e. arguments to GetString(), wxGetTranslation() and the _() macro).
885 It is used if AddCatalog() cannot find any catalog for current language:
886 if the language is same as source code language, then strings from source
887 code are used instead.
890 Lets you specify the charset used for msgids in sources
891 in case they use 8-bit characters (e.g. German or French strings).
894 @true if catalog was successfully loaded, @false otherwise (which might
895 mean that the catalog is not found or that it isn't in the correct format).
897 bool AddCatalog(const wxString
& domain
,
898 wxLanguage msgIdLanguage
,
899 const wxString
& msgIdCharset
);
902 Check if the given catalog is loaded, and returns @true if it is.
904 According to GNU gettext tradition, each catalog normally corresponds to
905 'domain' which is more or less the application name.
909 bool IsLoaded(const wxString
& domain
) const;
912 Directly loads catalog from a file.
914 It is caller's responsibility to ensure that the catalog contains
915 correct language. This function is primarily intended for
916 wxTranslationsLoader implementations.
918 @param filename Name of the MO file to load.
919 @param domain Domain to load the translations into (typically
920 matches file's basename).
922 bool LoadCatalogFile(const wxString
& filename
,
923 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
);
926 Retrieves the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless the @a domain
927 parameter is specified (and then only this catalog/domain is searched).
929 Returns original string if translation is not available (in this case an
930 error message is generated the first time a string is not found; use
931 wxLogNull to suppress it).
933 @remarks Domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
934 added later override those added before.
936 const wxString
& GetString(const wxString
& origString
,
937 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
) const;
940 Retrieves the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless the @a domain
941 parameter is specified (and then only this catalog/domain is searched).
943 Returns original string if translation is not available (in this case an
944 error message is generated the first time a string is not found; use
945 wxLogNull to suppress it).
947 This form is used when retrieving translation of string that has different
948 singular and plural form in English or different plural forms in some
950 It takes two extra arguments: @a origString parameter must contain the
951 singular form of the string to be converted.
953 It is also used as the key for the search in the catalog.
954 The @a origString2 parameter is the plural form (in English).
956 The parameter @a n is used to determine the plural form.
957 If no message catalog is found @a origString is returned if 'n == 1',
958 otherwise @a origString2.
960 See GNU gettext manual for additional information on plural forms handling.
961 This method is called by the wxGetTranslation() function and _() macro.
963 @remarks Domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
964 added later override those added before.
966 const wxString
& GetString(const wxString
& origString
,
967 const wxString
& origString2
,
969 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
) const;
972 Returns the header value for header @a header.
973 The search for @a header is case sensitive. If an @a domain is passed,
974 this domain is searched. Else all domains will be searched until a
975 header has been found.
977 The return value is the value of the header if found. Else this will be empty.
979 wxString
GetHeaderValue(const wxString
& header
,
980 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
) const;
985 Abstraction of translations discovery and loading.
987 This interface makes it possible to override wxWidgets' default catalogs
988 loading mechanism and load MO files from locations other than the
989 filesystem (e.g. embed them in executable).
991 Implementations must implement the LoadCatalog() method.
993 @see wxFileTranslationsLoader
995 class wxTranslationsLoader
999 wxTranslationsLoader() {}
1002 Called to load requested catalog.
1004 If the catalog is found, LoadCatalog() should call LoadCatalogFile()
1005 on @a translations to add the translation.
1007 @param translations wxTranslations requesting loading.
1008 @param domain Domain to load.
1009 @param lang Language to look for. This is "canonical name"
1010 (see wxLocale::GetCanonicalName()), i.e. ISO 639
1011 code, possibly combined with country code or
1012 additional modifiers (e.g. "fr", "en_GB" or
1015 @return @true on successful load, @false otherwise
1017 virtual bool LoadCatalog(wxTranslations
*translations
,
1018 const wxString
& domain
, const wxString
& lang
) = 0;
1022 Standard wxTranslationsLoader implementation.
1024 This finds catalogs in the filesystem, using the standard Unix layout.
1025 This is the default unless you change the loader with
1026 wxTranslations::SetLoader().
1028 Catalogs are searched for in standard places (current directory first, then
1029 the system one), but you may also prepend additional directories to the
1030 search path with AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix().
1032 class wxFileTranslationsLoader
: public wxTranslationsLoader
1036 Add a prefix to the catalog lookup path: the message catalog files will
1037 be looked up under prefix/lang/LC_MESSAGES, prefix/lang and prefix
1040 This only applies to subsequent invocations of
1041 wxTranslations::AddCatalog().
1043 static void AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(const wxString
& prefix
);
1048 // ============================================================================
1049 // Global functions/macros
1050 // ============================================================================
1052 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_string */
1056 This macro is identical to _() but for the plural variant of
1059 @return A const wxString.
1063 #define wxPLURAL(string, plural, n)
1066 This macro doesn't do anything in the program code -- it simply expands to
1067 the value of its argument.
1069 However it does have a purpose which is to mark the literal strings for the
1070 extraction into the message catalog created by @c xgettext program. Usually
1071 this is achieved using _() but that macro not only marks the string for
1072 extraction but also expands into a wxGetTranslation() call which means that
1073 it cannot be used in some situations, notably for static array
1076 Here is an example which should make it more clear: suppose that you have a
1077 static array of strings containing the weekday names and which have to be
1078 translated (note that it is a bad example, really, as wxDateTime already
1079 can be used to get the localized week day names already). If you write:
1082 static const char * const weekdays[] = { _("Mon"), ..., _("Sun") };
1084 // use weekdays[n] as usual
1087 The code wouldn't compile because the function calls are forbidden in the
1088 array initializer. So instead you should do this:
1091 static const char * const weekdays[] = { wxTRANSLATE("Mon"), ...,
1092 wxTRANSLATE("Sun") };
1094 // use wxGetTranslation(weekdays[n])
1097 Note that although the code @b would compile if you simply omit
1098 wxTRANSLATE() in the above, it wouldn't work as expected because there
1099 would be no translations for the weekday names in the program message
1100 catalog and wxGetTranslation() wouldn't find them.
1102 @return A const wxChar*.
1106 #define wxTRANSLATE(string)
1109 This function returns the translation of @a string in the current
1110 @c locale(). If the string is not found in any of the loaded message
1111 catalogs (see @ref overview_i18n), the original string is returned. In
1112 debug build, an error message is logged -- this should help to find the
1113 strings which were not yet translated. If @a domain is specified then only
1114 that domain/catalog is searched for a matching string. As this function is
1115 used very often, an alternative (and also common in Unix world) syntax is
1116 provided: the _() macro is defined to do the same thing as
1119 This function calls wxTranslations::GetString().
1121 @note This function is not suitable for literal strings in Unicode builds
1122 since the literal strings must be enclosed into _T() or wxT() macro
1123 which makes them unrecognised by @c xgettext, and so they are not
1124 extracted to the message catalog. Instead, use the _() and wxPLURAL()
1125 macro for all literal strings.
1127 @see wxGetTranslation(const wxString&, const wxString&, size_t, const wxString&)
1131 const wxString
& wxGetTranslation(const wxString
& string
,
1132 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
);
1135 This is an overloaded version of
1136 wxGetTranslation(const wxString&, const wxString&), please see its
1137 documentation for general information.
1139 This version is used when retrieving translation of string that has
1140 different singular and plural forms in English or different plural forms in
1141 some other language. Like wxGetTranslation(const wxString&,const wxString&),
1142 the @a string parameter must contain the singular form of the string to be
1143 converted and is used as the key for the search in the catalog. The
1144 @a plural parameter is the plural form (in English). The parameter @a n is
1145 used to determine the plural form. If no message catalog is found,
1146 @a string is returned if "n == 1", otherwise @a plural is returned.
1148 See GNU gettext Manual for additional information on plural forms handling:
1149 <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Plural-forms>
1150 For a shorter alternative see the wxPLURAL() macro.
1152 This function calls wxLocale::GetString().
1156 const wxString
& wxGetTranslation(const wxString
& string
,
1157 const wxString
& plural
, size_t n
,
1158 const wxString
& domain
= wxEmptyString
);
1161 This macro expands into a call to wxGetTranslation(), so it marks the
1162 message for the extraction by @c xgettext just as wxTRANSLATE() does, but
1163 also returns the translation of the string for the current locale during
1166 Don't confuse this with _T()!
1170 const wxString
& _(const wxString
& string
);