The new option --localedir can be used to set the locale directory at runtime

CONTRIBUTORS

@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ Stefan Huelswitt <huels@iname.com>
  for suggesting to increase the APIVERSION to allow plugins that relied on the
  cStatus::MsgSetVolume() bug to react properly
  for improving the 'i18n' target in the Makefile to avoid unnecessary work
+ for a patch that was used to implement the --localedir option
 
 Ulrich Röder <roeder@efr-net.de>
  for pointing out that there are channels that have a symbol rate higher than 27500

HISTORY

@@ -5569,3 +5569,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed the Play function in the pictures plugin.
 - Updated the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - Updated the Makefile of the skincurses plugin (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
+- The new option --localedir can be used to set the locale directory at runtime
+  (based on a patch from Stefan Huelswitt).

config.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 1.303 2007/11/25 13:45:48 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 1.304 2008/01/19 12:08:29 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 
 // VDR's own version number:
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "1.5.13"
-#define VDRVERSNUM   10513  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define VDRVERSION  "1.5.14"
+#define VDRVERSNUM   10514  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // The plugin API's version number:
 
-#define APIVERSION  "1.5.13"
-#define APIVERSNUM   10513  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define APIVERSION  "1.5.14"
+#define APIVERSNUM   10514  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // When loading plugins, VDR searches them by their APIVERSION, which
 // may be smaller than VDRVERSION in case there have been no changes to

i18n.c

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: i18n.c 1.318 2007/11/01 10:38:27 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: i18n.c 1.319 2008/01/19 12:07:11 kls Exp $
  *
  *
  */
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ static void SetEnvLanguage(const char *Locale)
   ++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;
 }
 
-void I18nInitialize(void)
+void I18nInitialize(const char *LocaleDir)
 {
+  if (LocaleDir)
+     I18nLocaleDir = LocaleDir;
   LanguageLocales.Append(strdup(I18N_DEFAULT_LOCALE));
   LanguageNames.Append(strdup(SkipContext(LanguageName)));
   LanguageCodes.Append(strdup(LanguageCodeList[0]));

i18n.h

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: i18n.h 1.24 2007/08/24 13:35:18 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: i18n.h 1.25 2008/01/19 11:56:19 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __I18N_H
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ typedef const char *tI18nPhrase[22]; ///< obsolete - switch to 'gettext'!
 #define I18N_MAX_LOCALE_LEN 16       // for buffers that hold en_US etc.
 #define I18N_MAX_LANGUAGES  256      // for buffers that hold all available languages
 
-void I18nInitialize(void);
+void I18nInitialize(const char *LocaleDir = NULL);
    ///< Detects all available locales and loads the language names and codes.
+   ///< If LocaleDir is given, it must point to a static string that lives
+   ///< for the entire lifetime of the program.
 void I18nRegister(const char *Plugin);
    ///< Registers the named plugin, so that it can use internationalized texts.
 void I18nSetLocale(const char *Locale);

vdr.c

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.305 2008/01/13 11:51:53 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.306 2008/01/19 12:25:54 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   bool MuteAudio = false;
   int WatchdogTimeout = DEFAULTWATCHDOG;
   const char *Terminal = NULL;
+  const char *LocaleDir = NULL;
 
   bool UseKbd = true;
   const char *LircDevice = NULL;
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       { "help",     no_argument,       NULL, 'h' },
       { "lib",      required_argument, NULL, 'L' },
       { "lirc",     optional_argument, NULL, 'l' | 0x100 },
+      { "localedir",required_argument, NULL, 'l' | 0x200 },
       { "log",      required_argument, NULL, 'l' },
       { "mute",     no_argument,       NULL, 'm' },
       { "no-kbd",   no_argument,       NULL, 'n' | 0x100 },
@@ -306,6 +308,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
           case 'l' | 0x100:
                     LircDevice = optarg ? optarg : LIRC_DEVICE;
                     break;
+          case 'l' | 0x200:
+                    if (access(optarg, R_OK | X_OK) == 0)
+                       LocaleDir = optarg;
+                    else {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "vdr: can't access locale directory: %s\n", optarg);
+                       return 2;
+                       }
+                    break;
           case 'm': MuteAudio = true;
                     break;
           case 'n' | 0x100:
@@ -407,6 +417,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                "  -L DIR,   --lib=DIR      search for plugins in DIR (default is %s)\n"
                "            --lirc[=PATH]  use a LIRC remote control device, attached to PATH\n"
                "                           (default: %s)\n"
+               "            --localedir=DIR search for locale files in DIR (default is\n"
+               "                           %s)\n"
                "  -m,       --mute         mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup\n"
                "            --no-kbd       don't use the keyboard as an input device\n"
                "  -p PORT,  --port=PORT    use PORT for SVDRP (default: %d)\n"
@@ -430,6 +442,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME,
                DEFAULTPLUGINDIR,
                LIRC_DEVICE,
+               LOCDIR,
                DEFAULTSVDRPPORT,
                RCU_DEVICE,
                VideoDirectory,
@@ -515,7 +528,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   // Initialize internationalization:
 
-  I18nInitialize();
+  I18nInitialize(LocaleDir);
 
   // Main program loop variables - need to be here to have them initialized before any EXIT():