In wxWindows this class manages message catalogs which contain the translations
of the strings used to the current language.
-\perlnote{In wxPerl the {\tt Wx} module exports a '_' function
-that corresponds to the '_' C++ macro.
+\perlnote{In wxPerl you can't use the '\_' function name, so
+the {\tt Wx::Locale} module can export the {\tt gettext} and
+{\tt gettext\_noop} under any given name.
\begin{verbatim}
- use Wx qw(_);
+ # this imports gettext ( equivalent to Wx::GetTranslation
+ # and gettext_noop ( a noop )
+ # into your module
+ use Wx::Locale qw(:default);
# ....
- print _( ``Panic!'' );
+ # use the functions
+ print gettext( ``Panic!'' );
- my( \$button ) = Wx::Button->new( \$window, -1, _( ``Label'' ) );
+ button = Wx::Button->new( window, -1, gettext( ``Label'' ) );
+\end{verbatim}
+If you need to translate a lot of strings, then adding gettext( ) around
+each one is a long task ( that is why \_( ) was introduced ), so just choose
+a shorter name for gettext:
+\begin{verbatim}
+ #
+ use Wx::Locale 'gettext' => 't',
+ 'gettext_noop' => 'gettext_noop';
+
+ # ...
+
+ # use the functions
+ print t( ``Panic!!'' );
+
+ # ...
\end{verbatim}
}
<wx/intl.h>
+
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
+
+\membersection{Supported languages}\label{wxlanguage}
+
+The following wxLanguage constants may be used to specify the language
+in \helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit} and are returned by
+\helpref{GetSystemLanguage}{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}:
+
+
+
+%% --- --- --- generated code begins here --- --- ---
+
+%% This enum is generated by misc/languages/genlang.py
+%% When making changes, please put them into misc/languages/langtabl.txt
+\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT -- user's default language as obtained from the operating system
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_UNKNOWN -- returned by \helpref{GetSystemLanguage}{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}
+if it fails to detect the default language
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_USER\_DEFINED -- user defined languages' integer identifiers should start from
+this
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ABKHAZIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AFAR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AFRIKAANS
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ALBANIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AMHARIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_ALGERIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_BAHRAIN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_EGYPT
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_IRAQ
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_JORDAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_KUWAIT
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_LEBANON
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_LIBYA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_MOROCCO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_OMAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_QATAR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_SAUDI\_ARABIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_SUDAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_SYRIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_TUNISIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_UAE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARABIC\_YEMEN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ARMENIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ASSAMESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AYMARA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AZERI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AZERI\_CYRILLIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_AZERI\_LATIN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BASHKIR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BASQUE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BELARUSIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BENGALI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BHUTANI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BIHARI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BISLAMA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BRETON
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BULGARIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_BURMESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CAMBODIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CATALAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_SIMPLIFIED
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_TRADITIONAL
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_HONGKONG
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_MACAU
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_SINGAPORE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CHINESE\_TAIWAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CORSICAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CROATIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_CZECH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_DANISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_DUTCH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_DUTCH\_BELGIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_UK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_US
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_AUSTRALIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_BELIZE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_BOTSWANA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_CANADA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_CARIBBEAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_DENMARK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_EIRE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_JAMAICA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_NEW\_ZEALAND
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_PHILIPPINES
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_SOUTH\_AFRICA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_TRINIDAD
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ENGLISH\_ZIMBABWE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ESPERANTO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ESTONIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FAEROESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FARSI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FIJI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FINNISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_BELGIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_CANADIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_LUXEMBOURG
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_MONACO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRENCH\_SWISS
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_FRISIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GALICIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GEORGIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_AUSTRIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_BELGIUM
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_LIECHTENSTEIN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_LUXEMBOURG
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GERMAN\_SWISS
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GREEK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GREENLANDIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GUARANI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_GUJARATI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_HAUSA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_HEBREW
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_HINDI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_HUNGARIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ICELANDIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_INDONESIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_INTERLINGUA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_INTERLINGUE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_INUKTITUT
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_INUPIAK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_IRISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ITALIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ITALIAN\_SWISS
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_JAPANESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_JAVANESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KANNADA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KASHMIRI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KASHMIRI\_INDIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KAZAKH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KERNEWEK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KINYARWANDA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KIRGHIZ
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KIRUNDI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KONKANI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KOREAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_KURDISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_LAOTHIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_LATIN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_LATVIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_LINGALA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_LITHUANIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MACEDONIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAGASY
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAY
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAYALAM
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAY\_BRUNEI\_DARUSSALAM
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALAY\_MALAYSIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MALTESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MANIPURI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MAORI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MARATHI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MOLDAVIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_MONGOLIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_NAURU
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_NEPALI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_NEPALI\_INDIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_NORWEGIAN\_BOKMAL
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_NORWEGIAN\_NYNORSK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_OCCITAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ORIYA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_OROMO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_PASHTO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_POLISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_PORTUGUESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_PORTUGUESE\_BRAZILIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_PUNJABI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_QUECHUA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_RHAETO\_ROMANCE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ROMANIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_RUSSIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_RUSSIAN\_UKRAINE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SAMOAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SANGHO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SANSKRIT
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SCOTS\_GAELIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBIAN\_CYRILLIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBIAN\_LATIN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SERBO\_CROATIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SESOTHO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SETSWANA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SHONA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SINDHI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SINHALESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SISWATI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SLOVAK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SLOVENIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SOMALI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_ARGENTINA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_BOLIVIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_CHILE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_COLOMBIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_COSTA\_RICA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_DOMINICAN\_REPUBLIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_ECUADOR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_EL\_SALVADOR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_GUATEMALA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_HONDURAS
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_MEXICAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_MODERN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_NICARAGUA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PANAMA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PARAGUAY
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PERU
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_PUERTO\_RICO
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_URUGUAY
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_US
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SPANISH\_VENEZUELA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SUNDANESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SWAHILI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SWEDISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_SWEDISH\_FINLAND
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TAGALOG
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TAJIK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TAMIL
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TATAR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TELUGU
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_THAI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TIBETAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TIGRINYA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TONGA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TSONGA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TURKISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TURKMEN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_TWI
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_UIGHUR
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_UKRAINIAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_URDU
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_URDU\_INDIA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_URDU\_PAKISTAN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_UZBEK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_UZBEK\_CYRILLIC
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_UZBEK\_LATIN
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_VIETNAMESE
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_VOLAPUK
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_WELSH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_WOLOF
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_XHOSA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_YIDDISH
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_YORUBA
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ZHUANG
+\item wxLANGUAGE\_ZULU
+\end{itemize}
+
+%% --- --- --- generated code ends here --- --- ---
+
+
+
+
\membersection{wxLocale::wxLocale}\label{wxlocaledefctor}
\func{}{wxLocale}{\void}
This is the default constructor and it does nothing to initialize the object:
\helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit} must be used to do that.
+\func{}{wxLocale}{\param{int }{language}, \param{int }{flags =
+ wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}
+
+See \helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit} for parameters description.
+
\func{}{wxLocale}{\param{const char }{*szName}, \param{const char }{*szShort = NULL}, \param{const char }{*szLocale = NULL}, \param{bool }{bLoadDefault = TRUE}, \param{bool }{bConvertEncoding = FALSE}}
-The parameters have the following meaning:
-\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item szName is the name of the locale and is only used in diagnostic messages
-\item szShort is the standard 2 letter locale abbreviation and is used as the
-directory prefix when looking for the message catalog files
-\item szLocale is the parameter for the call to setlocale()
-\item bLoadDefault may be set to FALSE to prevent loading of the message catalog
-for the given locale containing the translations of standard wxWindows messages.
-This parameter would be rarely used in normal circumstances.
-\item bConvertEncoding may be set to TRUE to do automatic conversion of message
-catalogs to platform's native encoding. Note that it will do only basic
-conversion between well-known pair like iso8859-1 and windows-1252 or
-iso8859-2 and windows-1250.
-See \helpref{Writing non-English applications}{nonenglishoverview} for detailed
-description of this behaviour.
-\end{itemize}
+See \helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit} for parameters description.
The call of this function has several global side effects which you should
understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that this
application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will try to
translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
+
\membersection{wxLocale::\destruct{wxLocale}}\label{wxlocaledtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxLocale}}{\void}
This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
+\membersection{wxLocale::AddLanguage}\label{wxlocaleaddlanguage}
+
+\func{static void}{AddLanguage}{\param{const wxLanguageInfo\& }{info}}
+
+Adds custom, user-defined language to the database of known languages. This
+database is used in conjuction with the first form of
+\helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit}.
+
+wxLanguageInfo is defined as follows:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+struct WXDLLEXPORT wxLanguageInfo
+{
+ int Language; // wxLanguage id
+ wxString CanonicalName; // Canonical name, e.g. fr_FR
+#ifdef __WIN32__
+ wxUint32 WinLang, WinSublang; // Win32 language identifiers
+ // (LANG_xxxx, SUBLANG_xxxx)
+#endif
+ wxString Description; // human-readable name of the language
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
+
+{\it Language} should be greater than wxLANGUAGE\_USER\_DEFINED.
+
+\perlnote{In wxPerl Wx::LanguageInfo has only one method:\par
+Wx::LanguageInfo->new( language, canonicalName, WinLang, WinSubLang, Description )}
+
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::GetCanonicalName}\label{wxlocalegetcanonicalname}
+
+\constfunc{wxString}{GetSysName}{\void}
+
+Returns the canonical form of current locale name. Canonical form is the
+one that is used on UNIX systems: it is a two- or five-letter string in xx or
+xx\_YY format, where xx is ISO 639 code of language and YY is ISO 3166 code of
+the country. Examples are "en", "en\_GB", "en\_US" or "fr\_FR".
+
+This form is internally used when looking up message catalogs.
+
+Compare \helpref{GetSysName}{wxlocalegetsysname}.
+
+
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::GetLanguage}\label{wxlocalegetlanguage}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetLanguage}{\void}
+
+Returns \helpref{wxLanguage}{wxlanguage} constant of current language.
+Note that you can call this function only if you used the form of
+\helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit} that takes wxLanguage argument.
+
+
\membersection{wxLocale::GetLocale}\label{wxlocalegetlocale}
\constfunc{const char*}{GetLocale}{\void}
Returns the locale name as passed to the constructor or
-\helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit}.
+\helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit}. This is full, human-readable name,
+e.g. "English" or "French".
+
\membersection{wxLocale::GetName}\label{wxlocalegetname}
Domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
added later override those added before.
+\membersection{wxLocale::GetSysName}\label{wxlocalegetsysname}
+
+\constfunc{wxString}{GetSysName}{\void}
+
+Returns current platform-specific locale name as passed to setlocale().
+
+Compare \helpref{GetCanonicalName}{wxlocalegetcanonicalname}.
+
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::GetSystemEncoding}\label{wxlocalegetsystemencoding}
+
+\constfunc{static wxFontEncoding}{GetSystemEncoding}{\void}
+
+Tries to detect the user's default font encoding.
+Returns \helpref{wxFontEncoding}{wxfont} value or
+{\bf wxFONTENCODING\_SYSTEM} if it couldn't be determined.
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::GetSystemEncodingName}\label{wxlocalegetsystemencodingname}
+
+\constfunc{static wxString}{GetSystemEncodingName}{\void}
+
+Tries to detect the name of the user's default font encoding. This string isn't
+particularly useful for the application as its form is platform-dependent and
+so you should probably use
+\helpref{GetSystemEncoding}{wxlocalegetsystemencoding} instead.
+
+Returns a user-readable string value or an empty string if it couldn't be
+determined.
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::GetSystemLanguage}\label{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}
+
+\constfunc{static int}{GetSystemLanguage}{\void}
+
+Tries to detect the user's default language setting.
+Returns \helpref{wxLanguage}{wxlanguage} value or
+ {\bf wxLANGUAGE\_UNKNOWN} if the language-guessing algorithm failed.
+
+
\membersection{wxLocale::Init}\label{wxlocaleinit}
-\func{bool}{Init}{\param{const char }{*szName}, \param{const char }{*szShort = NULL}, \param{const char }{*szLocale = NULL}, \param{bool }{bLoadDefault = TRUE}}
-The parameters have the following meaning:
+\func{bool}{Init}{\param{int }{language = wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT}, \param{int }{flags =
+ wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}
-\begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
-\item szName is the name of the locale and is only used in diagnostic messages
-\item szShort is the standard 2 letter locale abbreviation and is used as the
-directory prefix when looking for the message catalog files
-\item szLocale is the parameter for the call to setlocale()
-\item bLoadDefault may be set to FALSE to prevent loading of the message catalog
+\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}}
+
+The second form is deprecated, use the first one unless you know what you are
+doing.
+
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{language}{\helpref{wxLanguage}{wxlanguage} identifier of the locale.
+wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT has special meaning -- wxLocale will use system's default
+language (see \helpref{GetSystemLanguage}{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}).}
+
+\docparam{flags}{Combination of the following:
+\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT}}{Load the message catalog
+for the given locale containing the translations of standard wxWindows messages
+automatically.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}{Automatically convert message
+catalogs to platform's native encoding. Note that it will do only basic
+conversion between well-known pair like iso8859-1 and windows-1252 or
+iso8859-2 and windows-1250. See \helpref{Writing non-English applications}{nonenglishoverview} for detailed
+description of this behaviour.}
+\end{twocollist}
+}
+
+\docparam{szName}{The name of the locale. Only used in diagnostic messages.}
+
+\docparam{szShort}{The standard 2 letter locale abbreviation and is used as the
+directory prefix when looking for the message catalog files.}
+
+\docparam{szLocale}{The parameter for the call to setlocale(). Note that it is
+platform-specific.}
+
+\docparam{bLoadDefault}{May be set to FALSE to prevent loading of the message catalog
for the given locale containing the translations of standard wxWindows messages.
-This parameter would be rarely used in normal circumstances.
-\end{itemize}
+This parameter would be rarely used in normal circumstances.}
+
+\docparam{bConvertEncoding}{May be set to TRUE to do automatic conversion of message
+catalogs to platform's native encoding. Note that it will do only basic
+conversion between well-known pair like iso8859-1 and windows-1252 or
+iso8859-2 and windows-1250.
+See \helpref{Writing non-English applications}{nonenglishoverview} for detailed
+description of this behaviour.}
+
The call of this function has several global side effects which you should
understand: first of all, the application locale is changed - note that this