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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex b/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex
index e6a0431c51..1450bffe11 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex
@@ -6,6 +6,39 @@ generalization of the C locale concept.
 In wxWindows this class manages message catalogs which contain the translations
 of the strings used to the current language.
 
+\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}
+  # this imports gettext ( equivalent to Wx::GetTranslation
+  # and gettext_noop ( a noop )
+  # into your module
+  use Wx::Locale qw(:default);
+
+  # ....
+
+  # use the functions
+  print gettext( ``Panic!'' ); 
+
+  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}
+}
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 No base class
@@ -18,8 +51,263 @@ No base class
 
 <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}
@@ -27,18 +315,14 @@ No base class
 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{const char }{*szName}, \param{const char }{*szShort = NULL}, \param{const char }{*szLocale = NULL}, \param{bool }{bLoadDefault = TRUE}}
+\func{}{wxLocale}{\param{int }{language}, \param{int }{flags =
+                          wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}
 
-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.
-\end{itemize}
+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}}
+
+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
@@ -47,6 +331,7 @@ Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the
 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}
@@ -55,18 +340,11 @@ The destructor, like the constructor, also has global side effects: the previous
 set locale is restored and so the changes described in 
 \helpref{Init}{wxlocaleinit} documentation are rolled back.
 
-\membersection{wxLocale::GetLocale}\label{wxlocalegetlocale}
-
-\constfunc{const char*}{GetLocale}{\void}
-
-Returns the locale name as passed to the constructor or 
-\helpref{Init()}{wxlocaleinit}.
-
 \membersection{wxLocale::AddCatalog}\label{wxlocaleaddcatalog}
 
 \func{bool}{AddCatalog}{\param{const char }{*szDomain}}
 
-Add a catalog for use with the current locale: it's searched for in standard
+Add a catalog for use with the current locale: it is searched for in standard
 places (current directory first, then the system one), but you may also prepend
 additional directories to the search path with 
 \helpref{AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix()}{wxlocaleaddcataloglookuppathprefix}.
@@ -87,41 +365,68 @@ looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC\_MESSAGES, prefix/LC\_MESSAGES and prefix
 
 This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
 
-\membersection{wxLocale::Init}\label{wxlocaleinit}
+\membersection{wxLocale::AddLanguage}\label{wxlocaleaddlanguage}
 
-\func{bool}{Init}{\param{const char }{*szName}, \param{const char }{*szShort = NULL}, \param{const char }{*szLocale = NULL}, \param{bool }{bLoadDefault = TRUE}}
+\func{static void}{AddLanguage}{\param{const wxLanguageInfo\& }{info}}
 
-The parameters have the following meaning:
+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}. 
 
-\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.
-\end{itemize}
+wxLanguageInfo is defined as follows:
 
-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
-will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf() or strftime().
-Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the
-application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will try to
-translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
+\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}
 
-Returns TRUE on success or FALSE if the given locale couldn't be set.
 
-\membersection{wxLocale::IsLoaded}\label{wxlocaleisloaded}
+{\it Language} should be greater than wxLANGUAGE\_USER\_DEFINED.
 
-\constfunc{bool}{IsLoaded}{\param{const char* }{domain}}
+\perlnote{In wxPerl Wx::LanguageInfo has only one method:\par
+Wx::LanguageInfo->new( language, canonicalName, WinLang, WinSubLang, Description )}
 
-Check if the given catalog is loaded, and returns TRUE if it is.
 
-According to GNU gettext tradition, each catalog
-normally corresponds to 'domain' which is more or less the application name.
+\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}. This is full, human-readable name,
+e.g. "English" or "French".
 
-See also: \helpref{AddCatalog}{wxlocaleaddcatalog}
 
 \membersection{wxLocale::GetName}\label{wxlocalegetname}
 
@@ -146,3 +451,118 @@ a string is not found; use \helpref{wxLogNull}{wxlogoverview} to suppress it).
 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{int }{language = wxLANGUAGE\_DEFAULT}, \param{int }{flags =
+                          wxLOCALE\_LOAD\_DEFAULT | wxLOCALE\_CONV\_ENCODING}}
+
+\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 default 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. Note that this flag is meaningless in Unicode build.}
+\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.}
+
+\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
+will affect many of standard C library functions such as printf() or strftime().
+Second, this wxLocale object becomes the new current global locale for the
+application and so all subsequent calls to wxGetTranslation() will try to
+translate the messages using the message catalogs for this locale.
+
+Returns TRUE on success or FALSE if the given locale couldn't be set.
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::IsLoaded}\label{wxlocaleisloaded}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsLoaded}{\param{const char* }{domain}}
+
+Check if the given catalog is loaded, and returns TRUE if it is.
+
+According to GNU gettext tradition, each catalog
+normally corresponds to 'domain' which is more or less the application name.
+
+See also: \helpref{AddCatalog}{wxlocaleaddcatalog}
+
+\membersection{wxLocale::IsOk}\label{wxlocaleisok}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
+
+Returns TRUE if the locale could be set successfully.
+