ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Robert Schroll <rschroll@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I recently added translations to my QML app, and I'm trying to test 
them now.  But I'm having trouble getting even a basic case to work.  
Can someone say what I'm doing wrong?

I've attached a sample program that demonstrates my confusion.  It 
reports the selected language, sets a bogus domain, and translates the 
string "Done" twice, once with tr() and once with dtr() and the "apt" 
domain.  Then it sets i18n.domain = "apt" and does both translations 
again.  Here's what I get:

> $ LANGUAGE=es qmlscene i18n.qml
> Language: en_US.UTF-8
> Dummy domain set
>   tr: Done
>   dtr: Listo
> Correct domain set
>   tr: Done
>   dtr: Done

Note that the language is not detected, but the first call of dtr() 
gets the translation correct.  (The first call of tr() should, and 
does, fail.)  However, when the domain is set, neither translation 
works.

I can also do:

> $ LANG=es qmlscene i18n.qml
>
> (process:26027): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
> 	Using the fallback 'C' locale.
> Language:
> Dummy domain set
>   tr: Done
>   dtr: Done
> Correct domain set
>   tr: Done
>   dtr: Done

The same thing happens when setting LC_ALL or LC_MESSAGES.  FWIW, a 
simple Python script [1] works with no problems.

Can someone point out what I'm doing wrong?  I'm using 14.04 with the 
SDK team PPA, if that matters.

Robert

[1] Namely,
> import gettext
> gettext.textdomain("apt")
> print gettext.gettext("Done"), gettext.dgettext("apt", "Done")


import QtQuick 2.0
import Ubuntu.Components 0.1

Item {
    Component.onCompleted: {
        console.log("Language:", i18n.language);
        i18n.domain = "blah";
        console.log("Dummy domain set");
        console.log("  tr:", i18n.tr("Done"))
        console.log("  dtr:", i18n.dtr("apt", "Done"));
        i18n.domain = "apt";
        console.log("Correct domain set");
        console.log("  tr:", i18n.tr("Done"))
        console.log("  dtr:", i18n.dtr("apt", "Done"));
    }
}