Merge pull request #163 from lexelby/lexelby-single-extension

single code entry point

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/i18n.py b/lib/i18n.py
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+import sys
+import os
+import gettext
+
+_ = translation = None
+
+def localize():
+    if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+        # we are in a pyinstaller installation
+        locale_dir = sys._MEIPASS
+    else:
+        locale_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+    locale_dir = os.path.join(locale_dir, 'locales')
+
+    global translation, _
+
+    translation = gettext.translation("inkstitch", locale_dir, fallback=True)
+    _ = translation.gettext
+
+localize()