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

My bad, I didn't see the part about restarting the application.  I do see 
the same behavior now.

On Fri, 15 May 2020, Ryan Holmes wrote:

> I'm aware of that, and that's fine. When you change the combo box, it saves
> that preference to be used at the next start up (AFAIK, you can't change the
> locale mid-session, and this is fine for me). I note this in the OP:
>       Select French in the drop down and restart the application. Now
>       the title says "Sample Title Text French" as expected.
> 
> 
> So the issue is still that, when you select Chinese as the language, and
> restart the application, it shows the English title, and this is because the
> catalog failed to load. Thats the crux of the issue - why is the zh_CH
> catalog failing to load?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ryan
> 
> On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 9:54:06 AM UTC-4, Scott Talbert wrote:
>       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 Sample3from https://wiki.wxpython.org/Internationalization%20-%20i18n%20%28Phoeni
>       x
>       > %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 thedocumentation(https://wxpython.org/Phoenix/docs/html/wx.Translations.html#w
>       x.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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