Re: Localization not working with zh_CH - AddCatalog() returns false

On Thu, 14 May 2020, Ryan Holmes wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm having a peculiar issue with attempting to load a zh_CH (Chinese -
> Simplified) locale with wx's built in functionality. Please see the
> attachment for the sample application. 
> 
> Run wxLocale.py. It's a slimmed down version of Sample 3from https://wiki.wxpython.org/Internationalization%20-%20i18n%20%28Phoenix
> %29 When it loads, you'll see the header text show "Sample Title Text
> English". Select French in the drop down and restart the application. Now
> the title says "Sample Title Text French" as expected. Then select Deutsche
> - same thing.
> 
> When Chinese is selected, the title spits out the English title. I've
> tracked down a possible reason here on line 164:
> 
> self.locale.self.locale.AddCatalog(langDomain)
> 
> That function returns false. According to the documentation(https://wxpython.org/Phoenix/docs/html/wx.Translations.html#wx.Translation
> s.AddCatalog), this "might mean that the catalog is not found or that it
> isn’t in the correct format", but it doesn't go into any more detail.
> 
> That being said, if you run getTextLocale.py (which usees the gettext module
> directly), you'll see it printing out the expected Chinese translation:
> "Sample Title Text Chinese - Simplified", so the file itself seems to be
> proper.
> 
> Any ideas on what to try next for troubleshooting?

I don't think your sample application is doing what you think it does. 
AddCatalog isn't being called when you change the combobox.  It's only 
being called at startup.

Scott

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