version 0.50: localisation using gettext

lib/i18n.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Electrum - lightweight Bitcoin client
+# Copyright (C) 2012 thomasv@gitorious
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import gettext
+
+LOCALE_DIR = '/usr/share/locale'
+#LOCALE_DIR = './locale'
+
+language = gettext.translation('electrum', LOCALE_DIR, fallback = True)
+_ = language.ugettext