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148<h2>srfi-29</h2>
149<div id="eggheader"><a href="index.html">
150<img src="egg.jpg" alt="[Picture of an egg]" /></a></div></div>
151<div id="body">
152<div class="section">
153<h3>Description</h3>
154<p>Localization</p></div>
155<div class="section">
156<h3>Author</h3><a href="mailto:klovett@pacbell.net">Kon Lovett</a></div>
157<div class="section">
158<h3>Requires</h3>
159<ul>
160<li>lookup-table</li>
161<li>miscmacros</li>
162<li>locale</li></ul></div>
163<div class="section">
164<h3>Usage</h3><tt>(require-extension srfi-29)</tt></div>
165<div class="section">
166<h3>Download</h3><a href="srfi-29.egg">srfi-29.egg</a></div>
167<div class="section">
168<h3>Documentation</h3>
169<p>A Chicken implementation of <a href="http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-29/srfi-29.html">SRFI 29</a>.</p>
170<p>Bundles are assumed stored in the system bundle directory, <code>(repository-path) &quot;srfi-29-bundles&quot;</code>.</p>
171<p>Within a bundle directory the structure is <code>[LANGUAGE [COUNTRY [SCRIPT [CODESET [MODIFIER]]]]] PACKAGE-NAME</code>.</p>
172<p>The default language is <code>en</code>. The default country is <code>us</code>. The locale package will override these if a locale is set. Otherwise the user must set the corresponding parameters.</p>
173<p>Any object which can be returned by <code>(read)</code> and tested for equality with <code>equal?</code> is acceptable as a <tt>TEMPLATE-NAME</tt>. So strings are a valid <tt>TEMPLATE-NAME</tt>. Further, <code>(localized-template ...)</code> will return any object which can be returned by <code>(read)</code>, not just a string.</p>
174<p>Aborts with the composite condition <code>(exn srfi-29)</code> and properties <code>location</code>, <code>message</code>, and <code>arguments</code> for errors.</p>
175<div class="subsection">
176<h4>Parameters</h4>
177<dt class="definition"><strong>parameter:</strong> (current-language [LANGUAGE])</dt>
178<dd>
179<p>Gets or sets the <tt>LANGUAGE</tt>.</p></dd>
180<dt class="definition"><strong>parameter:</strong> (current-country [COUNTRY])</dt>
181<dd>
182<p>Gets or sets the <tt>COUNTRY</tt>.</p></dd>
183<dt class="definition"><strong>parameter:</strong> (current-locale-details [LOCALE-DETAILS])</dt>
184<dd>
185<p>Gets or sets the <tt>LOCALE-DETAILS</tt>.</p></dd>
186<dt class="definition"><strong>parameter:</strong> (current-locale-format-function [FORMAT-PROCEDURE])</dt>
187<dd>
188<p>Gets or sets the <tt>FORMAT-PROCEDURE</tt>.</p></dd></div>
189<div class="subsection">
190<h4>Procedures</h4>
191<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (reset-locale-parameters)</dt>
192<dd>
193<p>If you change the <code>current-locale</code> (see the <a href="eggs/locale.html">locale</a> egg), you don't have to set all the <code>current-foo</code> parameters. You can simply call this procedure, and it will update those parameters to the values in the new locale. (Reset as in set anew.)</p></dd>
194<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (most-specific-bundle-specifier PACKAGE-NAME)</dt>
195<dd>
196<p>Returns the most specific bundle specifier for the current language, country, and locale details.</p></dd>
197<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (declare-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER BUNDLE-ALIST)</dt>
198<dd>
199<p>Creates a bundle.</p></dd>
200<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (undeclare-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER)</dt>
201<dd>
202<p>Removes the bundle specified by <tt>BUNDLE-SPECIFIER</tt> from the active bundles.</p></dd>
203<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (store-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])</dt>
204<dd>
205<p>Writes the bundle.</p>
206<p>Uses the <tt>ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY</tt> if specified.</p></dd>
207<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (load-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])</dt>
208<dd>
209<p>Reads the bundle.</p>
210<p>Uses the <tt>ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY</tt> if specified.</p></dd>
211<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (load-best-available-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])</dt>
212<dd>
213<p>Attempts <code>(load-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])</code>, from most to least specific.</p></dd>
214<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (remove-bundle! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])</dt>
215<dd>
216<p>Removes the bundle specified by <tt>BUNDLE-SPECIFIER</tt> from the active bundles, and from the filesystem. The bundle directory is <tt>ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY</tt>, unless missing. Then the system bundle directory is used.</p>
217<p>Will not remove the locale directory hierarchy created by <code>(store-bundle! ...)</code>.</p></dd>
218<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (remove-bundle-directory! BUNDLE-SPECIFIER [ALTERNATE-DIRECTORY])</dt>
219<dd>
220<p>Removes the bundle directory hierarchy created by <code>(store-bundle! ...)</code>. Will only remove empty directories. Returns <code>#t</code> if operation succeeded, <code>#f</code> when a non-empty directory encountered.</p>
221<p>Does not remove the bundle, if any, from the active bundles. A filesystem only operation.</p>
222<p>This procedure should be used with caution.</p></dd>
223<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (localized-template PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME [NOT-FOUND #f])</dt>
224<dd>
225<p>Returns the object for the <tt>TEMPLATE-NAME</tt> in <tt>PACKAGE-NAME</tt>, when found, otherwise the <tt>NOT-FOUND</tt>.</p></dd>
226<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (localized-template-set! PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME VALUE)</dt>
227<dd>
228<p>Creates or updates the <tt>VALUE</tt> for the <tt>TEMPLATE-NAME</tt> in <tt>PACKAGE-NAME</tt> and returns <code>#t</code>, when the package exists. Otherwise returns <code>#f</code>.</p>
229<p>This can be used to extend the meaning of a package template at runtime. For example: caching the actual closure for a named procedure.</p></dd>
230<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (localized-template/default PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME [NOT-FOUND TEMPLATE-NAME])</dt>
231<dd>
232<p>Returns <code>(localized-template PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME NOT-FOUND)</code>.</p>
233<p>Somewhat like the Posix 'gettext' routine.</p></dd>
234<dt class="definition"><strong>procedure:</strong> (localized-format PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME PORT ARG0 ...)</dt>
235<dd>
236<p>Formats the arguments <tt>ARG0 ...</tt> to the <tt>PORT</tt> using the <code>(current-locale-format-function)</code> and the format string <code>(localized-template PACKAGE-NAME TEMPLATE-NAME)</code>.</p>
237<p>When a localized-template is not found and the <tt>TEMPLATE-NAME</tt> is a string then it is used a the format-string.</p>
238<p>A representation is always displayed, even when no template is found. Just not a localized one.</p></dd></div></div>
239<div class="section">
240<h3>Issues</h3>
241<p>Possible race condition creating a bundle file or directory.</p>
242<p>The locale symbols must have a lowercase printname! As such they do not truly reflect ISO 639-1/2 &amp; ISO 3166-1 standard names. This is a SRFI 29 restriction.</p>
243<p><code>(current-locale-details)</code> is ill-defined by SRFI 29. Which symbol means what? This implementation defines locale details as a 3 element list <code>(SCRIPT CODESET MODIFIER)</code> where the elements are symbols or <code>#f</code>.</p></div>
244<div class="section">
245<h3>Version</h3>
246<ul>
247<li>1.13.0 Needs new Egg lookup-table.</li>
248<li>1.12.0 Needed Unit files. Procedure 'localized-format' did not follow specification.</li>
249<li>1.9.0 Version increased to force egg update [by Ivan Raikov].</li>
250<li>1.8.0 Added 'localized-template-set!'.</li>
251<li>1.7.0 Cached template lookup. 'localized-template' takes default parameter. Added 'localized-format', 'current-locale-format-function'.</li>
252<li>1.6.0 Support for missing locale component stated as <code>#f</code>.</li>
253<li>1.501 Dropped :optional</li>
254<li>1.5 Fixed nasty locale-details handling bug</li>
255<li>1.4 Added more extensions</li>
256<li>1.3 Exports</li>
257<li>1.2 Faster lookup</li>
258<li>1.1 Added deletion procedures</li>
259<li>1.0 Initial release</li></ul></div>
260<div class="section">
261<h3>License</h3>
262<pre>&quot;Copyright (c) 2005-2008, Kon Lovett.  All rights reserved.
263
264Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
265copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software),
266to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
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268and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
269Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
270
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272in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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277THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
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279ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
280OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.</pre></div></div>
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