Text.I18N.GetText

This library provides basic internationalization capabilities

Documentation

getText :: String -> IO String

getText wraps GNU gettext function. It returns translated string for the input messages. If translated string not found the input string will be returned.

The most common usage of this function is to declare function __:

 __ = unsafePerformIO . getText

and wrap all text strings into this function, e.g.

 printHello = putStrLn (__ "Hello")

bindTextDomain

Arguments

:: String

domain name

-> Maybe String

path to the locale folder or Nothing if standard domain is used

-> IO (Maybe String)

return value

bindTextDomain sets the base directory of the hierarchy containing message catalogs for a given message domain.

textDomain

Arguments

:: String

domain name

-> IO (Maybe String)

return value

textDomain sets domain for future getText call