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

Ahhh, you're right! I must have misunderstood the code for it.

Thanks! Seems to work well now 👍

On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 1:28:04 PM UTC-4, Scott Talbert wrote:
>
> Figured out the problem.  The code for Simplified Chinese should be zh_CN 
> not zh_CH.  If you rename the zh_CH directory to zh_CN it works. 
>
> Scott 
>
> On Fri, 15 May 2020, Scott Talbert wrote: 
>
> > 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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