Module languageHandler

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Functions

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localeNameToWindowsLCID(localeName)
Retreave the Windows locale identifier (LCID) for the given locale name

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getLanguageDescription(language)
Finds out the description (licalized full name) of a given local name

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list of tuples

getAvailableLanguages()
generates a list of locale names, plus their full localized language and country names.

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setLanguage(lang)

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getLanguage()

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normalizeLanguage(lang)
Normalizes a language-dialect string in to a standard form we can deal with.

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Variables

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LOCALE_SLANGUAGE = 0x2

LOCALE_SLANGDISPLAYNAME = 0x6f

curLang = "en"

Function Details

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localeNameToWindowsLCID(localeName)

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Retreave the Windows locale identifier (LCID) for the given locale name

Parameters:

localeName (string) - a string of 2letterLanguage_2letterCountry or or just 2letterLanguage

Returns: integer

a Windows LCID

normalizeLanguage(lang)

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Normalizes a language-dialect string in to a standard form we can deal with. Converts any dash to underline, and makes sure that language is lowercase and dialect is upercase.