# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""Initializing routines"""

import wx
import os, sys


def initialize_i18n():
    # now, gettext initialization
    if os.name == 'win32' or os.name == 'nt':
        localedir = '%s\i18n' % os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
    elif os.name == 'posix':
        localedir = '/usr/share/locale'
    global _wxloc
    wx.Locale_AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(localedir)
    _wxloc = wx.Locale(wx.LANGUAGE_DEFAULT)
    _wxloc.AddCatalog('hercules')
    import __builtin__
    setattr(__builtin__, '_', wx.GetTranslation)