]> git.saurik.com Git - wxWidgets.git/commitdiff
updated wxLocale documentation to reflect API changes
authorVáclav Slavík <vslavik@fastmail.fm>
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:20:49 +0000 (00:20 +0000)
committerVáclav Slavík <vslavik@fastmail.fm>
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:20:49 +0000 (00:20 +0000)
git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@9129 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/latex/wx/locale.tex

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@@ -31,8 +31,256 @@ 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}:
+
+%% 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}
+
+
+
 \membersection{wxLocale::wxLocale}\label{wxlocaledefctor}
 
 \func{}{wxLocale}{\void}
@@ -40,24 +288,14 @@ 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{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
@@ -66,6 +304,7 @@ 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}
@@ -99,12 +338,66 @@ looked up under prefix/<lang>/LC\_MESSAGES, prefix/LC\_MESSAGES and prefix
 
 This only applies to subsequent invocations of AddCatalog()!
 
+\membersection{wxLocale::AddLanguage}\label{wxlocaleaddlanguage}
+
+\func{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.
+
+
+
+\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}
 
@@ -129,27 +422,74 @@ 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::GetSystemLanguage}\label{wxlocalegetsystemlanguage}
+
+\constfunc{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 parameters have the following meaning:
+The second form is deprecated, use the first one unless you know what you are
+doing. 
 
-\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
+
+\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.
-\item bConvertEncoding may be set to TRUE to do automatic conversion of message
+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.
-\end{itemize}
+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