[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Add possibility to translate Qt-native text via gettext

[Mario Speiß]

This class makes all Qt-translations go through vlc gettext api (i.e. context
menu of QLineEdit can be translated now with vlc po-files)

Regards,
Mario
---
 modules/gui/qt4/qt4.cpp |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/qt4.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/qt4.cpp
index 11ae967..3e098a1
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/qt4.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/qt4.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,22 @@
 #endif
 
 /*****************************************************************************
+ * Provide QTranslator-based translation of native Qt-API
+ * via gettext (and the .po-files)
+ *****************************************************************************/
+#include <QTranslator>
+
+class QVLCTranslator : public QTranslator
+{
+public:
+    virtual QString translate( const char *context, const char *sourceText,
+                               const char *disambiguation = 0 ) const
+    {
+        return qtr( sourceText );
+    }
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************
  * Local prototypes.
  *****************************************************************************/
 static int  OpenIntf     ( vlc_object_t * );
@@ -460,6 +476,11 @@ static void *Thread( void *obj )
     p_intf->p_sys->p_app = &app;
 
 
+    /* use VLC's gettext internationalization via .po-files also for native Qt-APIs
+     * (Example: QLineEdit context menu shows in English only) */
+    QVLCTranslator tor;
+    app.installTranslator( &tor );
+
     /* All the settings are in the .conf/.ini style */
     p_intf->p_sys->mainSettings = new QSettings(
 #ifdef WIN32
-- 
1.7.5.4