def _(s):
if s == '':
return s
assert s
# Do translation of the given string into the current language, and do
# Ping-string interpolation into the resulting string.
#
# This lets you write something like:
#
# now = time.ctime(time.time())
# print _('The current time is: %(now)s')
#
# and have it Just Work. Note that the lookup order for keys in the
# original string is 1) locals dictionary, 2) globals dictionary.
#
# First, get the frame of the caller
frame = sys._getframe(1)
# A `safe' dictionary is used so we won't get an exception if there's a
# missing key in the dictionary.
dict = SafeDict(frame.f_globals.copy())
dict.update(frame.f_locals)
# Translating the string returns an encoded 8-bit string. Rather than
# turn that into a Unicode, we turn any Unicodes in the dictionary values
# into encoded 8-bit strings. BAW: Returning a Unicode here broke too
# much other stuff and _() has many tentacles. Eventually I think we want
# to use Unicode everywhere.
tns = _translation.gettext(s)
charset = _translation.charset()
if not charset:
charset = 'us-ascii'
for k, v in dict.items():
if isinstance(v, UnicodeType):
dict[k] = v.encode(charset, 'replace')
return tns % dict
def findtext(self, template, dict=None):
"""Make some text from a template file. Once the templatefile is found,
string substitution is performed by interpolation in `dict'."""
if dict is not None:
try:
sdict = SafeDict(dict)
try:
text = sdict.interpolate(template)
except UnicodeError:
# Try again after coercing the template to unicode
utemplate = unicode(template, 'utf-8', 'replace')
text = sdict.interpolate(utemplate)
except (TypeError, ValueError), e:
# The template is really screwed up
raise Exception, "This template is really screwed up"
def __init__(self):
self.cache = SafeDict([])
