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-rw-r--r--builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua38
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
index 776be29d8..67eda11f3 100644
--- a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
@@ -680,6 +680,44 @@ function core.strip_colors(str)
return (str:gsub(ESCAPE_CHAR .. "%([bc]@[^)]+%)", ""))
end
+function core.translate(textdomain, str, ...)
+ local start_seq
+ if textdomain == "" then
+ start_seq = ESCAPE_CHAR .. "T"
+ else
+ start_seq = ESCAPE_CHAR .. "(T@" .. textdomain .. ")"
+ end
+ local arg = {n=select('#', ...), ...}
+ local end_seq = ESCAPE_CHAR .. "E"
+ local arg_index = 1
+ local translated = str:gsub("@(.)", function(matched)
+ local c = string.byte(matched)
+ if string.byte("1") <= c and c <= string.byte("9") then
+ local a = c - string.byte("0")
+ if a ~= arg_index then
+ error("Escape sequences in string given to core.translate " ..
+ "are not in the correct order: got @" .. matched ..
+ "but expected @" .. tostring(arg_index))
+ end
+ if a > arg.n then
+ error("Not enough arguments provided to core.translate")
+ end
+ arg_index = arg_index + 1
+ return ESCAPE_CHAR .. "F" .. arg[a] .. ESCAPE_CHAR .. "E"
+ else
+ return matched
+ end
+ end)
+ if arg_index < arg.n + 1 then
+ error("Too many arguments provided to core.translate")
+ end
+ return start_seq .. translated .. end_seq
+end
+
+function core.get_translator(textdomain)
+ return function(str, ...) return core.translate(textdomain or "", str, ...) end
+end
+
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-- Returns the exact coordinate of a pointed surface
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