{"id":147,"date":"2009-12-20T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T00:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/?p=147"},"modified":"2009-12-20T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T00:07:48","slug":"simple-c-gettext-like-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.compdigitec.com\/labs\/2009\/12\/20\/simple-c-gettext-like-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple C++ gettext-like toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a small gettext-compatible interface for reading simple translation catalogs (not to be confused with gettext’s *.mo style catalogs, which are binary) in form of “original\/english string<tab>translated string”. It is not fool-proof, but you can play around with it and it works.<\/p>\n

\r\n\/*\r\n *      gettextpd.h\r\n * \t\tMain file for GettextPD\r\n *\r\n *      \u00a9 Copyright 2009 Compdigitec. All rights reserved.\r\n *\r\n *      Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,\r\n * \t\tare permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright\r\n * \t\tnotice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,\r\n * \t\twithout any warranty.\r\n *\/\r\n#ifndef __GETTEXTPD__\r\n#define __GETTEXTPD__\r\n\r\n#include <stdlib.h>\r\n#include <cstring>\r\n#include <string>\r\n#include <iostream>\r\n#include <fstream>\r\n\r\n\/\/ gettext functions\r\nchar* gettext (char *msgid);\r\nstd::string gettext (std::string msgid);\r\nchar* textdomain (const char *domain_name);\r\nchar* bindtextdomain (const char *domain_name, const char *dir_name);\r\nchar* setlocale (int category, const char* locale);\r\n\r\n\/\/ macros\r\n#define _(str) gettext(str)\r\n\r\n\/\/ globals\r\nstd::string gtpd_locale = "";\r\nstd::string gtpd_domain = "";\r\nstd::string gtpd_location = "";\r\n\r\n\/\/ function bodies\r\nchar* gettext(char* msgid)\r\n{\r\n\tstd::string x(msgid);\r\n\tstd::string result;\r\n\tresult = gettext(x);\r\n\tchar* nb = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*result.length());\r\n\tstrcpy(nb,result.c_str());\r\n\treturn nb;\r\n}\r\n\r\nstd::string gettext(std::string msgid)\r\n{\r\n\tstd::string path = gtpd_location + "\/" + gtpd_locale + "\/LC_MESSAGES\/" + gtpd_domain + ".mo";\r\n\tstd::ifstream stream;\r\n\tstream.open(path.c_str());\r\n\tstd::string resultline;\r\n\twhile(!stream.eof()) {\r\n\t\tgetline(stream,resultline);\r\n\t\tif(strstr(resultline.c_str(),msgid.c_str()) != NULL) {\r\n\t\t\tbreak;\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t\tresultline = "";\r\n\t}\r\n\tif(resultline == "") {\r\n\t\t\/\/ not found\r\n\t\treturn msgid;\r\n\t}\r\n\tint splitloc = resultline.find("\\t");\r\n\treturn resultline.substr(splitloc+1);\r\n}\r\n\r\nchar* textdomain(const char *domain_name)\r\n{\r\n\tgtpd_domain = domain_name;\r\n\tchar* res = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*100);\r\n\tstrcpy(res,domain_name);\r\n\treturn res;\r\n}\r\n\r\nchar* bindtextdomain (const char *domain_name, const char *dir_name)\r\n{\r\n\tgtpd_location = dir_name;\r\n\ttextdomain(domain_name);\r\n\tchar* res = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*100);\r\n\tstrcpy(res,dir_name);\r\n\treturn res;\r\n}\r\n\r\nchar* setlocale (int category, const char* locale)\r\n{\r\n\tgtpd_locale = locale;\r\n\tchar* res = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*100);\r\n\tstrcpy(res,locale);\r\n\treturn res;\r\n}\r\n\r\n#endif\r\n<\/pre>\n
Example usage:<\/p>\n
\r\n\/\/ test.cpp\r\n#include "gettextpd.h"\r\n#include <stdio.h>\r\n#include <stdlib.h>\r\nint main(void)\r\n{\r\n  setlocale( LC_ALL, "fr_FR" );\r\nbindtextdomain( "hello", "." );\r\ntextdomain( "hello" );\r\nstd::cout << gettext("Hello, world!") << "\\n";\r\nstd::cout << _("THis is A TeST StriNg") << "\\n";\r\nexit(0);\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
folder\/fr_FR\/LC_MESSAGES\/hello.mo<\/p>\n
\r\nHello, world!\tZu bu zu translated str\r\nTHis is A TeST StriNg\ttest string translated this is#2\r\n<\/pre>\n
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