Python locale.textdomain() Examples

def setup_l10n(logger=None):
    """Setup RAFCON for localization

    Specify the directory, where the translation files (*.mo) can be found (rafcon/locale/) and set localization domain
    ("rafcon").

    :param logger: which logger to use for printing (either logging.log or distutils.log)
    """
    try:
        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
    except locale.Error as e:
        logger and logger.warning("Cannot setup translations: {}".format(e))

    localedir = resource_filename('rafcon', 'locale')

    # Install gettext globally: Allows to use _("my string") without further imports
    gettext.install('rafcon', localedir)

    # Required for glade and the GtkBuilder
    locale.bindtextdomain('rafcon', localedir)
    locale.textdomain('rafcon') 

def switch_locale(self, locale_type):
            """
            Change the locale
            """
            locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
            locale.bindtextdomain(locale_type, RB.locale_dir())
            locale.textdomain(locale_type)
            gettext.bindtextdomain(locale_type, RB.locale_dir())
            gettext.textdomain(locale_type)
            gettext.install(locale_type) 

def __init__(self):

        setproctitle.setproctitle("GPT")
        self.install_dir = os.getcwd()
        self.user_app_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"),
                                         ".config",
                                         "gpt",
                                         )
        # create hidden app folder in user"s home directory if it does
        # not exist
        if not os.path.isdir(self.user_app_dir):
            os.makedirs(self.user_app_dir)

        # initiate GTK+ application
        GLib.set_prgname("GPT")

        # set up logging
        os.chdir(self.user_app_dir)
        self.log = logging.getLogger("gpt")
        with open(os.path.join(self.install_dir, "logging.yaml")) as f:
            config = yaml.load(f)
            logging.config.dictConfig(config)

        self.loglevels = {"critical": 50,
                          "error": 40,
                          "warning": 30,
                          "info": 20,
                          "debug": 10,
                          }

        # log version info for debugging
        self.log.debug("Application version: {}".format(__version__))
        self.log.debug("GTK+ version: {}.{}.{}".format(Gtk.get_major_version(),
                                                          Gtk.get_minor_version(),
                                                          Gtk.get_micro_version(),
                                                          ))
        self.log.debug(_("Application executed from {}").format(self.install_dir))

        self.locales_dir = os.path.join(self.install_dir, "po", "locale")
        self.appname = "GPT"

        # setting up localization
        locale.bindtextdomain(self.appname, self.locales_dir)
        locale.textdomain(self.locales_dir)
        gettext.bindtextdomain(self.appname, self.locales_dir)
        gettext.textdomain(self.appname)

        # check for config file to set up working directory
        # create file in case it does not exist
        self.config = os.path.join(self.user_app_dir, "config.py")
        self.defaultwdir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "GP")

        if os.path.isfile(self.config):
            self.readconfig()
        else:
            self.stdir = self.defaultwdir
            self.chkdir(self.stdir)
            self.createconfig(self.stdir)
            self.kd_supp = True

        self.show_message(_("Working directory: {}").format(self.stdir)) 

def _install(domain, localedir, asglobal=False, libintl='intl'):
    '''
    :param domain: translation domain
    :param localedir: locale directory
    :param asglobal: if True, installs the function _() in Python’s builtin namespace. Default is False

    Private function doing all the work for the :func:`elib.intl.install` and
    :func:`elib.intl.install_module` functions.
    '''
    # prep locale system
    if asglobal:
        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')

        # on windows systems, set the LANGUAGE environment variable
        if sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'nt':
            _putenv('LANGUAGE', _getscreenlanguage())

    # The locale module on Max OS X lacks bindtextdomain so we specifically
    # test on linux2 here. See commit 4ae8b26fd569382ab66a9e844daa0e01de409ceb
    if sys.platform == 'linux2':
        locale.bindtextdomain(domain, localedir)
        locale.bind_textdomain_codeset(domain, 'UTF-8')
        locale.textdomain(domain)

    # initialize Python's gettext interface
    gettext.bindtextdomain(domain, localedir)
    gettext.bind_textdomain_codeset(domain, 'UTF-8')

    if asglobal:
        gettext.textdomain(domain)

    # on windows systems, initialize libintl
    if libintl and (sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform == 'nt'):
        from ctypes import cdll
        libintl = cdll.LoadLibrary(libintl)
        libintl.bindtextdomain(domain, localedir)
        libintl.bind_textdomain_codeset(domain, 'UTF-8')

        if asglobal:
            libintl.textdomain(domain)

        del libintl