prepare for translations

src/gui/debugWindow.cpp

@@ -658,6 +658,11 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawDebug() {
       }
       ImGui::TreePop();
     }
+    if (ImGui::TreeNode("Locale Test")) {
+      ImGui::TextUnformatted(_("This is a language test."));
+      ImGui::TextUnformatted(_("This is another language test."));
+      ImGui::TreePop();
+    }
     if (ImGui::TreeNode("Osc Render Test")) {
       ImGui::InputInt("Length",&oscDebugLen);
       ImGui::InputInt("Height",&oscDebugHeight);

src/main.cpp

@@ -489,6 +489,27 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   zsmOutName="";
   cmdOutName="";
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LOCALE
+  const char* localeRet=NULL;
+  if ((localeRet=setlocale(LC_ALL,""))==NULL) {
+    logE("could not set locale!");
+  } else {
+    logV("locale: %s",localeRet);
+  }
+  if ((localeRet=bindtextdomain("furnace","locale"))==NULL) {
+    logE("could not bind text domain!");
+  } else {
+    logV("text domain 1: %s",localeRet);
+  }
+  if ((localeRet=textdomain("furnace"))==NULL) {
+    logE("could not text domain!");
+  } else {
+    logV("text domain 2: %s",localeRet);
+  }
+
+  logV(_("this is a test!"));
+#endif
+
   initParams();
 
   // parse arguments

src/ta-utils.h

@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ typedef std::string String;
 #define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
 #define CLAMP(x,xMin,xMax) (MIN(MAX((x),(xMin)),(xMax)))
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LOCALE
+#include <libintl.h>
+#define _(_str) gettext(_str)
+#else
+#define _(_str) _str
+#endif
+
 typedef std::wstring WString;
 
 enum TAParamResult {