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+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# wxGTK sets the locale when initialized. Doing this at the Python
+# level should set it up to match what GTK is doing at the C level.
+if wx.Platform == "__WXGTK__":
+ try:
+ import locale
+ locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
+ except:
+ pass
+
+# On MSW add the directory where the wxWindows catalogs were installed
+# to the default catalog path.
+if wx.Platform == "__WXMSW__":
+ import os
+ localedir = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], "locale")
+ Locale_AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(localedir)
+ del os
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------