# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
##
##    Copyright (C) 2006 manatlan manatlan[at]gmail(dot)com
##
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##
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## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
## GNU General Public License for more details.
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import locale,gettext

def createGetText(app_name, locale_dir):
    """ create the _() function for translation of 'app_name' in 'locale_dir'
        return the function
    """
    # make translation available in the code
    lc = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
    if lc:
        return gettext.translation (app_name, locale_dir, languages=(lc,), fallback=True).ugettext
    else:
        return lambda x: x

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pass