tomi77/ems-cli

# from https://wiki.maemo.org/Internationalize_a_Python_application

import os
import sys
import locale
import gettext

#  The translation files will be under
#  @LOCALE_DIR@/@LANGUAGE@/LC_MESSAGES/@APP_NAME@.mo
APP_NAME = "ems-cli"

# APP_DIR = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share')
APP_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
LOCALE_DIR = os.path.join(APP_DIR, 'locale')

# Now we need to choose the language. We will provide a list, and gettext
# will use the first translation available in the list
DEFAULT_LANGUAGES = os.environ.get('LANG', '').split(':')
DEFAULT_LANGUAGES += ['en_US']

# Try to get the languages from the default locale
languages = []
try:
    lc, encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()
    if lc:
        languages = [lc]
except ValueError:
    pass

# Concat all languages (env + default locale),
# and here we have the languages and location of the translations
languages += DEFAULT_LANGUAGES
mo_location = LOCALE_DIR

# Lets tell those details to gettext
#  (nothing to change here for you)
gettext.install(True)
gettext.bindtextdomain(APP_NAME,
                       mo_location)
gettext.textdomain(APP_NAME)
language = gettext.translation(APP_NAME,
                               mo_location,
                               languages=languages,
                               fallback=True)

_ = language.gettext


# Add this to every module:
#
# import i18n
# _ = i18n.language.gettext