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+// -*- c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
+/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
+ Copyright (C) 1997 Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
+ Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>
+ Copyright (c) 2002 Lukas Tinkl <lukas@kde.org>
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This library 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
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
+ along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not, write to
+ the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+*/
+#ifndef _KLOCALE_H
+#define _KLOCALE_H
+
+#include <tqstring.h>
+#include <kdelibs_export.h>
+
+class TQStringList;
+class TQTextCodec;
+class TQDate;
+class TQTime;
+class TQDateTime;
+
+class KGlobal;
+class KConfig;
+class KConfigBase;
+class KLocalePrivate;
+class KCatalogue;
+class KCalendarSystem;
+
+/**
+ * \file klocale.h
+ */
+
+#ifndef I18N_NOOP
+/**
+ * \relates KLocale
+ * I18N_NOOP marks a string to be translated without translating it.
+ * Do not use this unless you know you need it.
+ * http://developer.kde.org/documentation/other/developer-faq.html#q2.11.2
+ */
+#define I18N_NOOP(x) x
+#endif
+
+#ifndef I18N_NOOP2
+/**
+ * \relates KLocale
+ * If the string is too ambiguous to be translated well to a non-english
+ * language, use this instead of I18N_NOOP to separate lookup string and english.
+ * \warning You need to call i18n( comment, stringVar ) later on, not just i18n( stringVar ).
+ * \since 3.3
+ */
+#define I18N_NOOP2(comment,x) x
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * \relates KLocale
+ * i18n is the function that does everything you need to translate
+ * a string. You just wrap around every user visible string a i18n
+ * call to get a TQString with the string in the user's preferred
+ * language.
+ *
+ * The argument must be an UTF-8 encoded string (If you only use
+ * characters that are in US-ASCII, you're on the safe side. But
+ * for e.g. German umlauts or French accents should be recoded to
+ * UTF-8)
+ **/
+KDECORE_EXPORT TQString i18n(const char *text);
+
+/**
+ * \relates KLocale
+ * If the string is too ambiguous to be translated well to a non-english
+ * language, use this form of i18n to separate lookup string and english
+ * text.
+ * @see translate
+ **/
+KDECORE_EXPORT TQString i18n(const char *comment, const char *text);
+
+/**
+ * \relates KLocale
+ * If you want to handle plural forms, use this form of i18n.
+ * @param singular the singular form of the word, for example "file".
+ * @param plural the plural form of the word. Must contain a "%n" that will
+ * be replaced by the number @p n, for example "%n files"
+ * @param n the number
+ * @return the correct singular or plural for the selected language,
+ * depending on n
+ * @see translate
+ **/
+KDECORE_EXPORT TQString i18n(const char *singular, const char *plural, unsigned long n);
+
+/**
+ * \relates KLocale
+ * Qt3's uic generates i18n( "msg", "comment" ) calls which conflict
+ * with our i18n method. We use uic -tr tr2i18n to redirect
+ * to the right i18n() function
+**/
+inline TQString tr2i18n(const char* message, const char* =0) {
+ return i18n(message);
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * KLocale provides support for country specific stuff like
+ * the national language.
+ *
+ * KLocale supports translating, as well as specifying the format
+ * for numbers, currency, time, and date.
+ *
+ * @author Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>, Preston Brown <pbrown@kde.org>,
+ * Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>, Lukas Tinkl <lukas.tinkl@suse.cz>
+ * @short class for supporting locale settings and national language
+ */
+class KDECORE_EXPORT KLocale
+{
+ friend class KGlobal; // for initInstance()
+public:
+ /**
+ * Constructs a KLocale with the given catalog name.
+ * The constructor looks for an entry Locale/Language in the
+ * configuration file.
+ * If no config file is specified, it will also look for languages
+ * using the environment variables (KDE_LANG, LC_MESSAGES, LC_ALL, LANG),
+ * as well as the global configuration file. If KLocale is not able to use
+ * any of the specified languages, the default language (en_US) will be
+ * used.
+ *
+ * If you specify a configuration file, it has to be valid until
+ * the KLocale object is destroyed.
+ *
+ * @param catalog The name of the main language file
+ * @param config The configuration file to use.
+ */
+ KLocale( const TQString& catalog, KConfig *config = 0 );
+
+ /**
+ * Copy constructor.
+ */
+ KLocale( const KLocale & rhs );
+
+ /**
+ * Assignment operator.
+ */
+ KLocale& operator= ( const KLocale & rhs );
+
+ /**
+ * Destructor.
+ */
+ ~KLocale();
+
+ /**
+ * Translates the string into the corresponding string in
+ * the national language, if available. If not, returns
+ * the string itself.
+ * There is a KDE wide message file that contains the most
+ * often used phrases, so we can avoid duplicating the
+ * translation of these phrases. If a phrase is not found
+ * in the catalog given to the constructor, it will search
+ * in the system catalog. This makes it possible to override
+ * some phrases for your needs.
+ *
+ * The argument must be an UTF-8 encoded string (If you only use
+ * characters that are in US-ASCII you're on the safe side. But
+ * for e.g. german umlauts or french accents should be recoded to
+ * UTF-8)
+ *
+ * @param index The lookup text and default text, if not found.
+ */
+ TQString translate( const char *index ) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Translates the string into the corresponding string in the
+ * national language, if available.
+ *
+ * The real contents of the string is in the argument fallback,
+ * but the meaning of it is coded into the argument index.
+ * In some cases you'll need this function, when english is
+ * too ambiguous to express it.
+ *
+ * Most of the times the translators will tell you if it can't
+ * be translated as it, but think of cases as "New", where the
+ * translations differs depending on what is New.
+ * Or simple cases as "Open", that can be used to express something
+ * is open or it can be used to express that you want something to
+ * open... There are tons of such examples.
+ *
+ * If translate("Open") is not enough to translate it well, use
+ * translate("To Open", "Open") or translate("Is Open", "Open").
+ * The english user will see "Open" in both cases, but the translated
+ * version may vary. Of course you can also use i18n()
+ *
+ * @param comment the comment. The lookup text is made out of comment + @p fallback
+ * @param fallback the default text, if not found
+ * @return translation
+ */
+ TQString translate( const char *comment, const char *fallback) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Used to get the correct, translated singular or plural of a
+ * word.
+ * @param singular the singular form of the word, for example "file".
+ * @param plural the plural form of the word. Must contain a "%n" that will
+ * be replaced by the number @p n, for example "%n files"
+ * @param n the number
+ * @return the correct singular or plural for the selected language,
+ * depending on n
+ */
+ TQString translate( const char *singular, const char *plural,
+ unsigned long n) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the current encoding.
+ *
+ * @param mibEnum The mib of the preferred codec
+ *
+ * @return True on success.
+ */
+ bool setEncoding(int mibEnum);
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the current language. The current language will be left
+ * unchanged if failed. It will force a reload of the country specific
+ * configuration as well.
+ *
+ * @param language The language code.
+ *
+ * @return True on success.
+ */
+ bool setLanguage(const TQString & language);
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the list of prefed languages for the locale. The first valid
+ * language in the list will be used, or the default (en_US) language
+ * will be used if non of the specified languages were available.
+ *
+ * @param languages The list of language codes.
+ *
+ * @return True if one of the specified languages were used.
+ */
+ bool setLanguage(const TQStringList & languages);
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the current country. The current country will be left
+ * unchanged if failed. It will force a reload of the country specific
+ * configuration.
+ *
+ * @param country The ISO 3166 country code.
+ *
+ * @return True on success.
+ */
+ bool setCountry(const TQString & country);
+
+ /**
+ * Various positions for where to place the positive or negative
+ * sign when they are related to a monetary value.
+ */
+ enum SignPosition { ParensAround = 0, BeforeQuantityMoney = 1,
+ AfterQuantityMoney = 2,
+ BeforeMoney = 3, AfterMoney = 4 };
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what a decimal point should look like ("." or "," etc.)
+ * according to the current locale or user settings.
+ *
+ * @return The decimal symbol used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString decimalSymbol() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what the thousands separator should look
+ * like ("," or "." etc.)
+ * according to the current locale or user settings.
+ *
+ * @return The thousands separator used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString thousandsSeparator() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what the symbol denoting currency in the current locale
+ * as as defined by user settings should look like.
+ *
+ * @return The default currency symbol used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString currencySymbol() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what a decimal point should look like ("." or "," etc.)
+ * for monetary values, according to the current locale or user
+ * settings.
+ *
+ * @return The monetary decimal symbol used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString monetaryDecimalSymbol() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what a thousands separator for monetary values should
+ * look like ("," or " " etc.) according to the current locale or
+ * user settings.
+ *
+ * @return The monetary thousands separator used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString monetaryThousandsSeparator() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what a positive sign should look like ("+", " ", etc.)
+ * according to the current locale or user settings.
+ *
+ * @return The positive sign used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString positiveSign() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns what a negative sign should look like ("-", etc.)
+ * according to the current locale or user settings.
+ *
+ * @return The negative sign used by locale.
+ */
+ TQString negativeSign() const;
+
+ /**
+ * The number of fractional digits to include in numeric/monetary
+ * values (usually 2).
+ *
+ * @return Default number of fractional digits used by locale.
+ */
+ int fracDigits() const;
+
+ /**
+ * If and only if the currency symbol precedes a positive value,
+ * this will be true.
+ *
+ * @return Where to print the currency symbol for positive numbers.
+ */
+ bool positivePrefixCurrencySymbol() const;
+
+ /**
+ * If and only if the currency symbol precedes a negative value,
+ * this will be true.
+ *
+ * @return True if the currency symbol precedes negative numbers.
+ */
+ bool negativePrefixCurrencySymbol() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the position of a positive sign in relation to a
+ * monetary value.
+ *
+ * @return Where/how to print the positive sign.
+ * @see SignPosition
+ */
+ SignPosition positiveMonetarySignPosition() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Denotes where to place a negative sign in relation to a
+ * monetary value.
+ *
+ * @return Where/how to print the negative sign.
+ * @see SignPosition
+ */
+ SignPosition negativeMonetarySignPosition() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Given a double, converts that to a numeric string containing
+ * the localized monetary equivalent.
+ *
+ * e.g. given 123456, return "$ 123,456.00".
+ *
+ * @param num The number we want to format
+ * @param currency The currency symbol you want.
+ * @param digits Number of fractional digits, or -1 for the default
+ * value
+ *
+ * @return The number of money as a localized string
+ * @see fracDigits()
+ */
+ TQString formatMoney(double num,
+ const TQString & currency = TQString::null,
+ int digits = -1) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Given a double, converts that to a numeric string containing
+ * the localized numeric equivalent.
+ *
+ * e.g. given 123456.78F, return "123,456.78" (for some European country).
+ * If precision isn't specified, 2 is used.
+ *
+ * This function is a wrapper that is provided for convenience.
+ *
+ * @param num The number to convert
+ * @param precision Number of fractional digits used.
+ *
+ * @return The number as a localized string
+ * @see formatNumber(const TQString, bool, int)
+ */
+ TQString formatNumber(double num, int precision = -1) const;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
+ * KDE 4.0: merge with formatNumber(const TQString int)
+ *
+ * calls formatNumber(numStr, 2)
+ */
+ TQString formatNumber(const TQString &numStr) const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * Given a string representing a number, converts that to a numeric
+ * string containing the localized numeric equivalent.
+ *
+ * e.g. given 123456.78F, return "123,456.78" (for some European country).
+ *
+ * @param numStr The number to convert
+ * @param round Round fractional digits.
+ * @param precision Number of fractional digits used.
+ *
+ * @return The number as a localized string
+ * @since 3.5
+ */
+ TQString formatNumber(const TQString &numStr, bool round, int precision) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Given an integer, converts that to a numeric string containing
+ * the localized numeric equivalent.
+ *
+ * e.g. given 123456L, return "123,456" (for some European country).
+ *
+ * @param num The number to convert
+ *
+ * @return The number as a localized string
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+ TQString formatLong(long num) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Use this to determine whether nouns are declined in
+ * locale's language. This property should remain
+ * read-only (no setter function)
+ *
+ * @return If nouns are declined
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ bool nounDeclension() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a string formatted to the current locale's conventions
+ * regarding dates.
+ *
+ * @param pDate The date to be formated.
+ * @param shortFormat True for non text dates.
+ *
+ * @return The date as a string
+ */
+ TQString formatDate(const TQDate &pDate, bool shortFormat = false) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Use this to determine whether in dates a possessive form of month
+ * name is preferred ("of January" rather than "January")
+ *
+ * @return If possessive form should be used
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ bool dateMonthNamePossessive() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a string formatted to the current locale's conventions
+ * regarding times.
+ *
+ * @param pTime The time to be formated.
+ * @param includeSecs if true, seconds are included in the output,
+ * otherwise only hours and minutes are formatted.
+ * @param isDuration if true, the given time is a duration, not a clock time.
+ * This means "am/pm" shouldn't be displayed.
+ *
+ * @return The time as a string
+ */
+ TQString formatTime(const TQTime &pTime, bool includeSecs, bool isDuration /*=false*/) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a string formatted to the current locale's conventions
+ * regarding times.
+ *
+ * @param pTime The time to be formated.
+ * @param includeSecs if true, seconds are included in the output,
+ * otherwise only hours and minutes are formatted.
+ *
+ * @return The time as a string
+ */
+ TQString formatTime(const TQTime &pTime, bool includeSecs = false) const; // BIC: merge with above
+
+ /**
+ * Use this to determine if the user wants a 12 hour clock.
+ *
+ * @return If the user wants 12h clock
+ */
+ bool use12Clock() const;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
+ * Please use the weekStartDay method instead.
+ *
+ * Use this to determine if the user wants the week to start on Monday.
+ *
+ * @return true if the week starts on Monday
+ */
+ bool weekStartsMonday() const KDE_DEPRECATED; //### remove for KDE 4.0
+
+ /**
+ * Use this to determine which day is the first day of the week.
+ *
+ * @return an integer (Monday=1..Sunday=7)
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ int weekStartDay() const;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
+ * Returns a string containing the name of the month name used in the Gregorian calendar.
+ *
+ * @param i the month number of the year starting at 1/January.
+ * @param shortName we will return the short version of the string.
+ *
+ * @return The name of the month
+ *
+ * Typically the correct replacement for this deprecated class is
+ * calendar()->monthString(), which requires a TQDate (rather than an
+ * integer month) or both a month and a year.
+ * This will work across different calendars.
+ * Note that you also need to add
+ * \code
+ * #include <kcalendarsystem.h>
+ * \endcode
+ * to the applicable file.
+ */
+ TQString monthName(int i, bool shortName = false) const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
+ * Returns a string containing the possessive form of the month name used in the Gregorian calendar.
+ * ("of January", "of February", etc.)
+ * It's needed in long format dates in some languages.
+ *
+ * @param i the month number of the year starting at 1/January.
+ * @param shortName we will return the short version of the string.
+ *
+ * @return The possessive form of the name of the month
+ * @since 3.1
+ *
+ * Typically the correct replacement for this deprecated class is
+ * calendar()->monthNamePossessive(), which requires a TQDate (rather than
+ * an integer month) or both a month and a year.
+ * This will work across different calendars.
+ * Note that you also need to add
+ * \code
+ * #include <kcalendarsystem.h>
+ * \endcode
+ * to the applicable file.
+ */
+ TQString monthNamePossessive(int i, bool shortName = false) const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated use calendar()->weekDayName
+ *
+ * Returns a string containing the name of the week day used in the Gregorian calendar.
+ *
+ * @param i the day number of the week starting at 1/Monday.
+ * @param shortName we will return the short version of the string.
+ *
+ * @return The name of the day
+ */
+ TQString weekDayName(int i, bool shortName = false) const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a pointer to the calendar system object.
+ *
+ * @return the current calendar system instance
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+ const KCalendarSystem * calendar() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name of the calendar system that is currently being
+ * used by the system.
+ *
+ * @return the name of the calendar system
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+ TQString calendarType() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the current calendar system to the calendar specified.
+ * Currently "gregorian" and "hijri" are supported. If the calendar
+ * system specified is not found, gregorian will be used.
+ *
+ * @param calendarType the name of the calendar type
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+ void setCalendar(const TQString & calendarType);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a string formated to the current locale's conventions
+ * regarding both date and time.
+ *
+ * @param pDateTime The date and time to be formated.
+ * @param shortFormat using the short date format.
+ * @param includeSecs using the short date format.
+ *
+ * @return The date and time as a string
+ */
+ TQString formatDateTime(const TQDateTime &pDateTime,
+ bool shortFormat = true,
+ bool includeSecs = false) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized monetary string to a double.
+ *
+ * @param numStr the string we want to convert.
+ * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a number.
+ * If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
+ *
+ * @return The string converted to a double
+ */
+ double readMoney(const TQString &numStr, bool * ok = 0) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized numeric string to a double.
+ *
+ * @param numStr the string we want to convert.
+ * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a number.
+ * If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
+ *
+ * @return The string converted to a double
+ */
+ double readNumber(const TQString &numStr, bool * ok = 0) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized date string to a TQDate.
+ * The bool pointed by ok will be invalid if the date entered was not valid.
+ *
+ * @param str the string we want to convert.
+ * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid date.
+ * If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
+ *
+ * @return The string converted to a QDate
+ */
+ TQDate readDate(const TQString &str, bool* ok = 0) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized date string to a TQDate, using the specified format.
+ * You will usually not want to use this method.
+ */
+ TQDate readDate( const TQString &intstr, const TQString &fmt, bool* ok = 0) const;
+
+ enum ReadDateFlags {
+ NormalFormat = 1,
+ ShortFormat = 2
+ };
+
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized date string to a TQDate.
+ * This method is stricter than readDate(str,&ok): it will either accept
+ * a date in full format or a date in short format, depending on @p flags.
+ *
+ * @param str the string we want to convert.
+ * @param flags whether the date string is to be in full format or in short format.
+ * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid date.
+ * If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
+ *
+ * @return The string converted to a QDate
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+ TQDate readDate(const TQString &str, ReadDateFlags flags, bool *ok = 0) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized time string to a TQTime.
+ * This method will try to parse it with seconds, then without seconds.
+ * The bool pointed to by @p ok will be set to false if the time entered was
+ * not valid.
+ *
+ * @param str the string we want to convert.
+ * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid time.
+ * If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
+ *
+ * @return The string converted to a QTime
+ */
+ TQTime readTime(const TQString &str, bool* ok = 0) const;
+
+ enum ReadTimeFlags {
+ WithSeconds = 0, // default (no flag set)
+ WithoutSeconds = 1
+ }; // (maybe use this enum as a bitfield, if adding independent features?)
+ /**
+ * Converts a localized time string to a TQTime.
+ * This method is stricter than readTime(str,&ok): it will either accept
+ * a time with seconds or a time without seconds.
+ * Use this method when the format is known by the application.
+ *
+ * @param str the string we want to convert.
+ * @param flags whether the time string is expected to contain seconds or not.
+ * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid time.
+ * If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
+ *
+ * @return The string converted to a QTime
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+ TQTime readTime(const TQString &str, ReadTimeFlags flags, bool *ok = 0) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the language used by this object. The domain AND the
+ * library translation must be available in this language.
+ * defaultLanguage() is returned by default, if no other available.
+ *
+ * @return The currently used language.
+ */
+ TQString language() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the country code of the country where the user lives.
+ * defaultCountry() is returned by default, if no other available.
+ *
+ * @return The country code for the user.
+ */
+ TQString country() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the preferred languages as ISO 639-1 codes. This means
+ * that information about country is removed. If the internal language
+ * code might be represented by more than one 639-1 code, they will all be
+ * listed (but only once).
+ *
+ * If the selected languages are "nn, nb, pt_BR", you will get:
+ * "nn, nb, pt".
+ *
+ * @return List of language codes
+ *
+ * @see languageList
+ */
+ TQStringList languagesTwoAlpha() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the languages selected by user. The codes returned here is the
+ * internal language codes.
+ *
+ * @return List of language codes
+ *
+ * @see languagesTwoAlpha
+ */
+ TQStringList languageList() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the user's preferred encoding.
+ *
+ * @return The name of the preferred encoding
+ *
+ * @see codecForEncoding
+ * @see encodingMib
+ */
+ const char * encoding() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the user's preferred encoding.
+ *
+ * @return The Mib of the preferred encoding
+ *
+ * @see encoding
+ * @see codecForEncoding
+ */
+ int encodingMib() const;
+ /**
+ * Returns the user's preferred encoding. Should never be NULL.
+ *
+ * @return The codec for the preferred encoding
+ *
+ * @see encoding
+ * @see encodingMib
+ */
+ TQTextCodec * codecForEncoding() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the file encoding.
+ *
+ * @return The Mib of the file encoding
+ *
+ * @see TQFile::encodeName
+ * @see TQFile::decodeName
+ */
+ int fileEncodingMib() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the current date format.
+ *
+ * The format of the date is a string which contains variables that will
+ * be replaced:
+ * @li %Y with the century (e.g. "19" for "1984")
+ * @li %y with the lower 2 digits of the year (e.g. "84" for "1984")
+ * @li %n with the month (January="1", December="12")
+ * @li %m with the month with two digits (January="01", December="12")
+ * @li %e with the day of the month (e.g. "1" on the first of march)
+ * @li %d with the day of the month with two digits(e.g. "01" on the first of march)
+ * @li %b with the short form of the month (e.g. "Jan" for January)
+ * @li %B with the long form of the month (e.g. "January")
+ * @li %a with the short form of the weekday (e.g. "Wed" for Wednesday)
+ * @li %A with the long form of the weekday (e.g. "Wednesday" for Wednesday)
+ *
+ * Everything else in the format string will be taken as is.
+ * For example, March 20th 1989 with the format "%y:%m:%d" results
+ * in "89:03:20".
+ *
+ * @param format The new date format
+ */
+ void setDateFormat(const TQString & format);
+ /**
+ * Changes the current short date format.
+ *
+ * The format of the date is a string which contains variables that will
+ * be replaced:
+ * @li %Y with the century (e.g. "19" for "1984")
+ * @li %y with the lower 2 digits of the year (e.g. "84" for "1984")
+ * @li %n with the month (January="1", December="12")
+ * @li %m with the month with two digits (January="01", December="12")
+ * @li %e with the day of the month (e.g. "1" on the first of march)
+ * @li %d with the day of the month with two digits(e.g. "01" on the first of march)
+ * @li %b with the short form of the month (e.g. "Jan" for January)
+ * @li %B with the long form of the month (e.g. "January")
+ * @li %a with the short form of the weekday (e.g. "Wed" for Wednesday)
+ * @li %A with the long form of the weekday (e.g. "Wednesday" for Wednesday)
+ *
+ * Everything else in the format string will be taken as is.
+ * For example, March 20th 1989 with the format "%y:%m:%d" results
+ * in "89:03:20".
+ *
+ * @param format The new short date format
+ */
+ void setDateFormatShort(const TQString & format);
+ /**
+ * Changes the form of month name used in dates.
+ *
+ * @param possessive True if possessive forms should be used
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ void setDateMonthNamePossessive(bool possessive);
+ /**
+ * Changes the current time format.
+ *
+ * The format of the time is string a which contains variables that will
+ * be replaced:
+ * @li %H with the hour in 24h format and 2 digits (e.g. 5pm is "17", 5am is "05")
+ * @li %k with the hour in 24h format and one digits (e.g. 5pm is "17", 5am is "5")
+ * @li %I with the hour in 12h format and 2 digits (e.g. 5pm is "05", 5am is "05")
+ * @li %l with the hour in 12h format and one digits (e.g. 5pm is "5", 5am is "5")
+ * @li %M with the minute with 2 digits (e.g. the minute of 07:02:09 is "02")
+ * @li %S with the seconds with 2 digits (e.g. the minute of 07:02:09 is "09")
+ * @li %p with pm or am (e.g. 17.00 is "pm", 05.00 is "am")
+ *
+ * Everything else in the format string will be taken as is.
+ * For example, 5.23pm with the format "%H:%M" results
+ * in "17:23".
+ *
+ * @param format The new time format
+ */
+ void setTimeFormat(const TQString & format);
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ *
+ * Please use setWeekStartDay instead.
+ *
+ * Changes how KLocale defines the first day in week.
+ *
+ * @param start True if Monday is the first day in the week
+ */
+ void setWeekStartsMonday(bool start) KDE_DEPRECATED; //### remove for KDE 4.0
+
+ /**
+ * Changes how KLocale defines the first day in week.
+ *
+ * @param day first day of the week (Monday=1..Sunday=7) as integer
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ void setWeekStartDay(int day);
+ /**
+ * Returns the currently selected date format.
+ *
+ * @return Current date format.
+ * @see setDateFormat()
+ */
+ TQString dateFormat() const;
+ /**
+ * Returns the currently selected short date format.
+ *
+ * @return Current short date format.
+ * @see setDateFormatShort()
+ */
+ TQString dateFormatShort() const;
+ /**
+ * Returns the currently selected time format.
+ *
+ * @return Current time format.
+ * @see setTimeFormat()
+ */
+ TQString timeFormat() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the symbol used to identify the decimal pointer.
+ *
+ * @param symbol The new decimal symbol.
+ */
+ void setDecimalSymbol(const TQString & symbol);
+ /**
+ * Changes the separator used to group digits when formating numbers.
+ *
+ * @param separator The new thousands separator.
+ */
+ void setThousandsSeparator(const TQString & separator);
+ /**
+ * Changes the sign used to identify a positive number. Normally this is
+ * left blank.
+ *
+ * @param sign Sign used for positive numbers.
+ */
+ void setPositiveSign(const TQString & sign);
+ /**
+ * Changes the sign used to identify a negative number.
+ *
+ * @param sign Sign used for negative numbers.
+ */
+ void setNegativeSign(const TQString & sign);
+ /**
+ * Changes the sign position used for positive monetary values.
+ *
+ * @param signpos The new sign position
+ */
+ void setPositiveMonetarySignPosition(SignPosition signpos);
+ /**
+ * Changes the sign position used for negative monetary values.
+ *
+ * @param signpos The new sign position
+ */
+ void setNegativeMonetarySignPosition(SignPosition signpos);
+ /**
+ * Changes the position where the currency symbol should be printed for
+ * positive monetary values.
+ *
+ * @param prefix True if the currency symbol should be prefixed instead of
+ * postfixed
+ */
+ void setPositivePrefixCurrencySymbol(bool prefix);
+ /**
+ * Changes the position where the currency symbol should be printed for
+ * negative monetary values.
+ *
+ * @param prefix True if the currency symbol should be prefixed instead of
+ * postfixed
+ */
+ void setNegativePrefixCurrencySymbol(bool prefix);
+ /**
+ * Changes the number of digits used when formating numbers.
+ *
+ * @param digits The default number of digits to use.
+ */
+ void setFracDigits(int digits);
+ /**
+ * Changes the separator used to group digits when formating monetary values.
+ *
+ * @param separator The new thousands separator.
+ */
+ void setMonetaryThousandsSeparator(const TQString & separator);
+ /**
+ * Changes the symbol used to identify the decimal pointer for monetary
+ * values.
+ *
+ * @param symbol The new decimal symbol.
+ */
+ void setMonetaryDecimalSymbol(const TQString & symbol);
+ /**
+ * Changes the current currency symbol.
+ *
+ * @param symbol The new currency symbol
+ */
+ void setCurrencySymbol(const TQString & symbol);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the preferred page size for printing.
+ *
+ * @return The preferred page size, cast it to TQPrinter::PageSize
+ */
+ int pageSize() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the preferred page size when printing.
+ *
+ * @param paperFormat the new preferred page size in the format TQPrinter::PageSize
+ */
+ void setPageSize(int paperFormat);
+
+ /**
+ * The Metric system will give you information in mm, while the
+ * Imperial system will give you information in inches.
+ */
+ enum MeasureSystem { Metric, Imperial };
+
+ /**
+ * Returns which measuring system we use.
+ *
+ * @return The preferred measuring system
+ */
+ MeasureSystem measureSystem() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Changes the preferred measuring system.
+ *
+ * @return value The preferred measuring system
+ */
+ void setMeasureSystem(MeasureSystem value);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds another catalog to search for translation lookup.
+ * This function is useful for extern libraries and/or code,
+ * that provide there own messages.
+ *
+ * If the catalog does not exist for the chosen language,
+ * it will be ignored and en_US will be used.
+ *
+ * @param catalog The catalog to add.
+ */
+ void insertCatalogue(const TQString& catalog);
+
+ /**
+ * Removes a catalog for translation lookup.
+ * @param catalog The catalog to remove.
+ * @see insertCatalogue()
+ */
+ void removeCatalogue(const TQString &catalog);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the active catalog for translation lookup.
+ * @param catalog The catalog to activate.
+ */
+ void setActiveCatalogue(const TQString &catalog);
+
+ /**
+ * Translates a message as a QTranslator is supposed to.
+ * The parameters are similar to i18n(), but the result
+ * value has other semantics (it can be TQString::null)
+ * @since 3.1
+ **/
+ TQString translateQt(const char *context,
+ const char *sourceText,
+ const char *message) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns list of all known ISO 639-1 codes.
+ * @return a list of all language codes
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ TQStringList allLanguagesTwoAlpha() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Convert a ISO 639-1 code to a human readable form.
+ * @param code the language ISO 639-1 code
+ * @return the human readable form
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ TQString twoAlphaToLanguageName(const TQString &code) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns list of all known country codes.
+ * @return a list of all country codes
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ TQStringList allCountriesTwoAlpha() const;
+
+ /**
+ * Convert a country code to a human readable form.
+ * @param code the country code
+ * @return the human readable form of the country name
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+ TQString twoAlphaToCountryName(const TQString &code) const;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the parts of the parameter str understood as language setting
+ * the format is language_COUNTRY.charset
+ *
+ * @param str The string to split.
+ * @param language This will be set to the language part of the string.
+ * @param country This will be set to the country part of the string.
+ * @param charset This will be set to the charset part of the string.
+ */
+ static void splitLocale(const TQString & str,
+ TQString & language,
+ TQString & country,
+ TQString & charset);
+
+ /**
+ * Use this as main catalog for *all* KLocales, if not the appname
+ * will be used. This function is best to be the very first instruction
+ * in your program's main function as it only has an effect before the
+ * first KLocale object is created.
+ *
+ * @param catalog Catalogue to override all other main catalogues.
+ */
+ static void setMainCatalogue(const char *catalog);
+
+ /**
+ * Finds localized resource in resourceDir( rtype ) + \<lang> + fname.
+ *
+ * @param fname relative path to find
+ * @param rtype resource type to use
+ */
+ static TQString langLookup(const TQString &fname, const char *rtype = "html");
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name of the internal language.
+ *
+ * @return Name of the default language
+ */
+ static TQString defaultLanguage();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name of the default country.
+ *
+ * @return Name of the default country
+ */
+ static TQString defaultCountry();
+
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Called from KConfigBackend to initialize language.
+ */
+ static TQString _initLanguage(KConfigBase *config);
+
+#ifdef KDE_NO_COMPAT
+private:
+#endif
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ * use formatMoney(double)
+ */
+ TQString formatMoney(const TQString &numStr) const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ * Use languageList()
+ *
+ * @return String containing language codes separated by colons
+ */
+ TQString languages() const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ * @return True
+ */
+ bool setCharset(const TQString & charset) KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+ /**
+ * @deprecated
+ * @see encoding
+ */
+ TQString charset() const KDE_DEPRECATED;
+
+protected:
+ /**
+ * @internal Creates a KLocale object for KGlobal and inits the locale
+ * pointer.
+ */
+ static void initInstance();
+
+private:
+ /**
+ * @internal Inits the localization part of the instance with the config
+ * object.
+ *
+ * @param config The configuration object used for init.
+ */
+ void initFormat(KConfig *config);
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Initializes the catalogs appname, kdelibs and kio for all chosen languages.
+ *
+ * @param config The configuration object used for init
+ * @param useEnv True if we should use environment variables
+ */
+ void initMainCatalogues(const TQString & catalog);
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Initializes the list of valid languages from the user's point of view. This is the list of
+ * languages that the user picks in kcontrol. The config object should be valid and contain the global
+ * entries.
+ *
+ * @param config The configuration object used for init
+ * @param useEnv True if we should use environment variables
+ */
+ void initLanguageList(KConfig * config, bool useEnv);
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Figures out which encoding the user prefers.
+ *
+ * @param config The configuration object used for init
+ */
+ void initEncoding(KConfig * config);
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Figures out which encoding the user prefers for filenames
+ * and sets up the appropriate TQFile encoding and decoding functions.
+ */
+ void initFileNameEncoding(KConfig *config);
+
+ /**
+ * @internal A TQFile filename encoding function (TQFile::encodeFn).
+ */
+#ifdef USE_QT3
+ static TQCString encodeFileNameUTF8( const TQString & fileName );
+#endif // USE_QT3
+#ifdef USE_QT4
+ static QByteArray encodeFileNameUTF8( const QString & fileName );
+#endif // USE_QT4
+
+ /**
+ * @internal TQFile filename decoding function (TQFile::decodeFn).
+ */
+#ifdef USE_QT3
+ static TQString decodeFileNameUTF8( const TQCString & localFileName );
+#endif // USE_QT3
+#ifdef USE_QT4
+ static QString decodeFileNameUTF8( const QByteArray & localFileName );
+#endif // USE_QT4
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Changes the file name of the catalog to the correct
+ * one.
+ */
+ void initCatalogue( KCatalogue & catalog );
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Ensures that the format configuration is read.
+ */
+ void doFormatInit() const;
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Reads the format configuration from disk.
+ */
+ void initFormat();
+
+ /**
+ * @internal function used by the two translate versions
+ */
+ TQString translate_priv(const char *index,
+ const char *text,
+ const char ** original = 0,
+ int* pluralType = 0) const;
+
+ /**
+ * @internal function used to determine if we are using the en_US translation
+ */
+ bool useDefaultLanguage() const;
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Checks if the specified language is installed
+ */
+ bool isLanguageInstalled(const TQString & language) const;
+
+ /**
+ * @internal evaluate the list of catalogs and check that all instances for all languages are loaded
+ * and that they are sorted according to the catalog names
+ */
+ void updateCatalogues( );
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Find the plural type for all loaded catalogs
+ */
+ void initPluralTypes( );
+ /**
+ * @internal Find the plural type for a language. Look this up in the corresponding kdelibs.po.
+ *
+ * @param language The language to examine
+ */
+ int pluralType( const TQString & language );
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Find the plural type information for a given catalog. This catalog will be a kdelibs.mo. Method
+ * just exists to make code more readable.
+ *
+ * @param language The language to examine
+ */
+ int pluralType( const KCatalogue& catalog );
+ /**
+ * @internal Find catalog for given language and given catalog name.
+ *
+ * @param language language of the catalog
+ * @param name name of the catalog
+ */
+ // const KCatalogue * catalog( const TQString & language, const TQString & name );
+
+
+ /**
+ * @internal Retrieves the file name of the catalog, or TQString::null
+ * if not found.
+ */
+ static TQString catalogueFileName(const TQString & language,
+ const KCatalogue & catalog);
+public:
+ /**
+ * @internal Checks whether or not theFind catalog for given language and given catalog name.
+ *
+ * @param language language to check
+ */
+ bool isApplicationTranslatedInto( const TQString & language);
+
+private:
+ // Numbers and money
+ TQString m_decimalSymbol;
+ TQString m_thousandsSeparator;
+ TQString m_currencySymbol;
+ TQString m_monetaryDecimalSymbol;
+ TQString m_monetaryThousandsSeparator;
+ TQString m_positiveSign;
+ TQString m_negativeSign;
+ int m_fracDigits;
+ SignPosition m_positiveMonetarySignPosition;
+ SignPosition m_negativeMonetarySignPosition;
+
+ // Date and time
+ TQString m_timeFormat;
+ TQString m_dateFormat;
+ TQString m_dateFormatShort;
+
+ TQString m_language;
+ TQString m_country;
+
+ bool m_weekStartsMonday; //### remove for KDE 4.0
+ bool m_positivePrefixCurrencySymbol;
+ bool m_negativePrefixCurrencySymbol;
+
+ KLocalePrivate *d;
+};
+
+#endif