first steps into i18n

mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import Queue
 import re
 import urllib2
 import webbrowser
+import gettext
 
 from cgi import escape as html_escape
 
@@ -41,14 +42,23 @@ _log = logging.getLogger('ui.pygtk')
 
 URL_RE = re.compile(r'(https?://[^\s\n\r]+)', re.I)
 
-MESSAGE_FORMAT =  '%s'  \
-        '<b>%s</b> '    \
-        '<small>(%s'    \
-        '%s'            \
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# I18n bits
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+#t = gettext.translation('ui_pygtk')
+#_ = t.gettext
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# String with the format to the message
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+MESSAGE_FORMAT =  '%(favourite_star)s'  \
+        '<b>%(full_name)s</b> '    \
+        '<small>(%(username)s'    \
+        '%(message_type)s'            \
         ')</small>:'    \
-        '%s\n'          \
-        '%s\n'          \
-        '<small>%s</small>'
+        '%(read_status)s\n'          \
+        '%(message)s\n'          \
+        '<small>%(message_age)s</small>'
 
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -576,15 +586,19 @@ class Interface(object):
         data = store.get_value(position, 0)
         time = timesince.timesince(data.message_time)
 
+        message_values = {}
+
         # unescape escaped entities that pango is not okay with
-        message = html_escape(data.message)
-        username = html_escape(data.username)
-        full_name = html_escape(data.name)
+        message_values['message'] = html_escape(data.message)
+        message_values['username'] = html_escape(data.username)
+        message_values['full_name'] = html_escape(data.name)
+        message_values['message_age'] = time
 
         # highlight URLs
         mask = r'<span foreground="%s">\1</span>' % (
                 self._options[self.NAMESPACE]['link_colour'])
-        message = URL_RE.sub(mask, message)
+        message_values['message'] = URL_RE.sub(mask,
+                message_values['message'])
 
         # use a different highlight for the current user
         # TODO: How to handle this with several networks?
@@ -593,14 +607,14 @@ class Interface(object):
         #        message)
 
         if not data.read:
-            read_status = ' &#9679;'
+            message_values['read_status'] = ' &#9679;'
         else:
-            read_status = ''
+            message_values['read_status'] = ''
 
         if data.favourite:
-            favourite = '&#9733;'
+            message_values['favourite_star'] = '&#9733;'
         else:
-            favourite = '&#9734;'
+            message_values['favourite_star'] = '&#9734;'
 
         info = []
         if data.reposted_by:
@@ -610,10 +624,8 @@ class Interface(object):
             info.append(' &#8212; <i>in reply to %s</i>' %
                     (data.parent_owner))
 
-        info_message = ''.join(info)
-
-        markup = MESSAGE_FORMAT % (favourite, full_name, username,
-                info_message, read_status, message, time)
+        message_values['message_type'] = ''.join(info)
+        markup = MESSAGE_FORMAT % (message_values)
 
         cell.set_property('markup', markup)