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srfi-29

Localization

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  2. srfi-29
  3. Documentation
    1. Parameters
      1. current-language
      2. current-country
      3. current-locale-details
      4. current-locale-format-function
      5. reset-locale-parameter
    2. Procedures
      1. most-specific-bundle-specifier
      2. declare-bundle!
      3. undeclare-bundle!
      4. store-bundle!
      5. load-bundle!
      6. load-best-available-bundle!
      7. remove-bundle!
      8. remove-bundle-directory!
      9. localized-template
      10. localized-template-set!
      11. localized-template/default
      12. localized-format
    3. Exceptions
  4. Usage
  5. Examples
  6. Notes
  7. Requirements
  8. Bugs and Limitations
  9. Author
  10. Version history
  11. License

Documentation

A Chicken implementation of SRFI 29.

Bundles are assumed stored in the system bundle directory, (repository-path) "srfi-29-bundles".

Within a bundle directory the structure is ([LANGUAGE [COUNTRY [SCRIPT [CODESET [MODIFIER]]]]] PACKAGE-NAME.

Any object which can be returned by (read) and tested for equality with equal? is acceptable as a TEMPLATE-NAME. So strings are a valid TEMPLATE-NAME. Further, (localized-template...) will return any object which can be returned by (read), not just a string.

Parameters

current-language

[parameter] (current-language [LANGUAGE])

Gets or sets the LANGUAGE symbol.

current-country

[parameter] (current-country [COUNTRY])

Gets or sets the COUNTRY symbol.

current-locale-details

[parameter] (current-locale-details [LOCALE-DETAILS])

Gets or sets the LOCALE-DETAILS list.

current-locale-format-function

<parameter>(current-locale-format-function [FORMAT-PROCEDURE])

Gets or sets the FORMAT-PROCEDURE. This procedure must have the signature (port | string | boolean string [object]...).

reset-locale-parameter

[procedure] (reset-locale-parameters)

When the current-locale is changed, (see the locale egg), the current-* parameters need not be set individually. This will update those parameters to the values in the new locale. (Reset as in set anew.)

Procedures

most-specific-bundle-specifier

[procedure] (most-specific-bundle-specifier PACKAGE-NAME)

Returns the most specific bundle specifier for the current language, country, and locale details.

declare-bundle!

[procedure] (declare-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER BUNDLE-ALIST)

Creates a bundle.

undeclare-bundle!

[procedure] (undeclare-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER)

Removes the bundle specified by BUNDLE-SPECIFIER from the active bundles.

store-bundle!

[procedure] (store-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])

Writes the bundle.

Uses the ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY if specified.

load-bundle!

[procedure] (load-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])

Reads the bundle.

Uses the ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY if specified.

load-best-available-bundle!

[procedure] (load-best-available-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])

Attempts (load-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY]), from most to least specific.

remove-bundle!

[procedure] (remove-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])

Removes the bundle specified by BUNDLE-SPECIFIER from the active bundles, and from the filesystem. The bundle directory is ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY, unless missing. Then the system bundle directory is used.

Will not remove the locale directory hierarchy created by (store-bundle!...).

remove-bundle-directory!

[procedure] (remove-bundle-directory! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])

Removes the bundle directory hierarchy created by (store-bundle!...). Will only remove empty directories. Returns #t if operation succeeded, #f when a non-empty directory encountered.

Does not remove the bundle, if any, from the active bundles. A filesystem only operation.

This procedure should be used with caution.

localized-template

[procedure] (localized-template PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME [NOT-FOUND #f])

Returns the object for the TEMPLATE-NAME in PACKAGE-NAME, when found, otherwise the NOT-FOUND value.

localized-template-set!

[procedure] (localized-template-set! PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME VALUE)

Creates or updates the VALUE for the TEMPLATE-NAME in PACKAGE-NAME and returns #t, when the package exists. Otherwise returns #f.

This can be used to extend the meaning of a package template at runtime. For example: caching the actual closure for a named procedure.

localized-template/default

[procedure] (localized-template/default PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME [NOT-FOUND TEMPLATE-NAME])

Returns (localized-template PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME NOT-FOUND).

Somewhat like the Posix 'gettext' routine.

localized-format

[procedure] (localized-format PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME PORT ARG0...)

Formats the arguments ARG0... to the PORT using the (current-locale-format-function) and the format string (localized-template PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME).

When a localized-template is not found and the TEMPLATE-NAME is a string then it is used a the format-string.

A representation is always displayed, even when no template is found. Just not a localized one.

Exceptions

Extension error conditions are signaled with a composite condition of (exn srfi-29).

The property-condition exn has properties location, message, and, optionally, arguments.

An invalid bundle-specification raises the composite-condition (exn srfi-29 insufficient).

An unknown bundle-specification raises the composite-condition (exn srfi-29 undefined).

Usage

 
(require-extension srfi-29

Examples

Notes

Possible race condition creating a bundle file or directory.

The locale symbols must have a lowercase printname! As such they do not truly reflect ISO 639-1/2 & ISO 3166-1 standard names. This is a SRFI 29 restriction.

(current-locale-details) is ill-defined by SRFI 29. Which symbol means what? This implementation defines locale details as a 3 element list (SCRIPT CODESET MODIFIER) where the elements are symbols or #f.

The SRFI 29 document uses the term "country" for what the locale extension knows as "region".

Requirements

lookup-table miscmacros locale

Bugs and Limitations

Author

kon lovett

Version history
1.14.0
Pushed defaults to locale egg.
1.13.0
Needs newer Egg lookup-table.
1.12.0
Needs Unit files. Procedure 'localized-format' did not follow specification.
1.9.0
Version increased to force egg update [by Ivan Raikov].
1.8.0
Added 'localized-template-set!'.
1.7.0
Cached template lookup. 'localized-template' takes default parameter. Added 'localized-format', 'current-locale-format-function'.
1.6.0
Support for missing locale component stated as #f.
1.501
Dropped :optional
1.5
Fixed nasty locale-details handling bug
1.4
Added more extensions
1.3
Exports
1.2
Faster lookup
1.1
Added deletion procedures
1.0
Initial release

License

Copyright (C) 2009 Kon Lovett. All rights reserved.

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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