summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/tdecore/klocale.h
blob: 65a21d13d54806ecfb4c45421bb931f58769e9ff (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031
1032
1033
1034
1035
1036
1037
1038
1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063
1064
1065
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
1101
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
1146
1147
1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171
1172
1173
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183
1184
1185
1186
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218
1219
1220
1221
1222
1223
1224
1225
1226
1227
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237
1238
1239
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254
1255
1256
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264
1265
1266
1267
1268
1269
1270
1271
1272
1273
1274
1275
1276
1277
1278
1279
1280
1281
1282
1283
1284
1285
1286
1287
1288
1289
1290
1291
1292
1293
1294
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305
1306
1307
1308
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
// -*- c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
/* This file is part of the KDE libraries
    Copyright (C) 1997 Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>
    Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>
    Copyright (c) 2002 Lukas Tinkl <lukas@kde.org>

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
    along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#ifndef _KLOCALE_H
#define _KLOCALE_H

#include <tqstring.h>
#include <tdelibs_export.h>

class TQStringList;
class TQTextCodec;
class TQDate;
class TQTime;
class TQDateTime;

class TDEGlobal;
class TDEConfig;
class TDEConfigBase;
class TDELocalePrivate;
class KCatalogue;
class KCalendarSystem;

/**
 * \file klocale.h
 */

#ifndef I18N_NOOP
/**
 * \relates TDELocale
 * I18N_NOOP marks a string to be translated without translating it.
 * Do not use this unless you know you need it.
 * http://developer.kde.org/documentation/other/developer-faq.html#q2.11.2
 */
#define I18N_NOOP(x) x
#endif

#ifndef I18N_NOOP2
/**
 * \relates TDELocale
 *  If the string is too ambiguous to be translated well to a non-english
 *  language, use this instead of I18N_NOOP to separate lookup string and english.
 * \warning You need to call i18n( comment, stringVar ) later on, not just i18n( stringVar ).
 * \since 3.3
 */
#define I18N_NOOP2(comment,x) x
#endif

/**
 * \relates TDELocale
 *  i18n is the function that does everything you need to translate
 *  a string. You just wrap around every user visible string a i18n
 *  call to get a TQString with the string in the user's preferred
 *  language.
 *
 *  The argument must be an UTF-8 encoded string (If you only use
 *  characters that are in US-ASCII, you're on the safe side. But
 *  for e.g. German umlauts or French accents should be recoded to
 *  UTF-8)
 **/
TDECORE_EXPORT TQString i18n(const char *text);

/**
 * \relates TDELocale
 *  If the string is too ambiguous to be translated well to a non-english
 *  language, use this form of i18n to separate lookup string and english
 *  text.
 *  @see translate
 **/
TDECORE_EXPORT TQString i18n(const char *comment, const char *text);

/**
 * \relates TDELocale
 *  If you want to handle plural forms, use this form of i18n.
 *  @param singular the singular form of the word, for example "file".
  * @param plural the plural form of the word. Must contain a "%n" that will
 *                be replaced by the number @p n, for example "%n files"
 *  @param n the number
 *  @return the correct singular or plural for the selected language,
 *          depending on n
 *  @see translate
 **/
TDECORE_EXPORT TQString i18n(const char *singular, const char *plural, unsigned long n);

/**
 * \relates TDELocale
 * Qt3's uic generates i18n( "msg", "comment" ) calls which conflict
 * with our i18n method. We use uic -tr tr2i18n to redirect
 * to the right i18n() function
**/
inline TQString tr2i18n(const char* message, const char* =0) {
  return i18n(message);
}

/**
  *
  * TDELocale provides support for country specific stuff like
  * the national language.
  *
  * TDELocale supports translating, as well as specifying the format
  * for numbers, currency, time, and date.
  *
  * @author Stephan Kulow <coolo@kde.org>, Preston Brown <pbrown@kde.org>,
  * Hans Petter Bieker <bieker@kde.org>, Lukas Tinkl <lukas.tinkl@suse.cz>
  * @short class for supporting locale settings and national language
  */
class TDECORE_EXPORT TDELocale
{
  friend class TDEGlobal; // for initInstance()
public:
  /**
   * Constructs a TDELocale with the given catalog name.
   * The constructor looks for an entry Locale/Language in the
   * configuration file.
   * If no config file is specified, it will also look for languages
   * using the environment variables (TDE_LANG, LC_MESSAGES, LC_ALL, LANG),
   * as well as the global configuration file. If TDELocale is not able to use
   * any of the specified languages, the default language (en_US) will be
   * used.
   *
   * If you specify a configuration file, it has to be valid until
   * the TDELocale object is destroyed.
   *
   * @param catalog The name of the main language file
   * @param config The configuration file to use.
   */
  TDELocale( const TQString& catalog, TDEConfig *config = 0 );

  /**
   * Copy constructor.
   */
  TDELocale( const TDELocale & rhs );

  /**
   * Assignment operator.
   */
  TDELocale& operator= ( const TDELocale & rhs );

  /**
   * Destructor.
   */
  ~TDELocale();

  /**
   * Translates the string into the corresponding string in
   * the national language, if available. If not, returns
   * the string itself.
   * There is a KDE wide message file that contains the most
   * often used phrases, so we can avoid duplicating the
   * translation of these phrases. If a phrase is not found
   * in the catalog given to the constructor, it will search
   * in the system catalog. This makes it possible to override
   * some phrases for your needs.
   *
   * The argument must be an UTF-8 encoded string (If you only use
   * characters that are in US-ASCII you're on the safe side. But
   * for e.g. german umlauts or french accents should be recoded to
   * UTF-8)
   *
   * @param index The lookup text and default text, if not found.
   */
  TQString translate( const char *index ) const;

  /**
   * Translates the string into the corresponding string in the
   * national language, if available.
   *
   * The real contents of the string is in the argument fallback,
   * but the meaning of it is coded into the argument index.
   * In some cases you'll need this function, when english is
   * too ambiguous to express it.
   *
   * Most of the times the translators will tell you if it can't
   * be translated as it, but think of cases as "New", where the
   * translations differs depending on what is New.
   * Or simple cases as "Open", that can be used to express something
   * is open or it can be used to express that you want something to
   * open... There are tons of such examples.
   *
   * If translate("Open") is not enough to translate it well, use
   * translate("To Open", "Open") or translate("Is Open", "Open").
   * The english user will see "Open" in both cases, but the translated
   * version may vary. Of course you can also use i18n()
   *
   * @param comment the comment. The lookup text is made out of comment + @p fallback
   * @param fallback the default text, if not found
   * @return translation
   */
  TQString translate( const char *comment, const char *fallback) const;

  /**
   * Used to get the correct, translated singular or plural of a
   * word.
   * @param singular the singular form of the word, for example "file".
   * @param plural the plural form of the word. Must contain a "%n" that will
   *               be replaced by the number @p n, for example "%n files"
   * @param n the number
   * @return the correct singular or plural for the selected language,
   *         depending on n
   */
  TQString translate( const char *singular, const char *plural,
		     unsigned long n) const;

  /**
   * Changes the current encoding.
   *
   * @param mibEnum The mib of the preferred codec
   *
   * @return True on success.
   */
  bool setEncoding(int mibEnum);

  /**
   * Changes the current language. The current language will be left
   * unchanged if failed. It will force a reload of the country specific
   * configuration as well.
   *
   * @param language The language code.
   *
   * @return True on success.
   */
  bool setLanguage(const TQString & language);

  /**
   * Changes the list of prefed languages for the locale. The first valid
   * language in the list will be used, or the default (en_US) language
   * will be used if non of the specified languages were available.
   *
   * @param languages The list of language codes.
   *
   * @return True if one of the specified languages were used.
   */
  bool setLanguage(const TQStringList & languages);
 
  /**
   * Changes the current country. The current country will be left
   * unchanged if failed. It will force a reload of the country specific
   * configuration.
   *
   * @param country The ISO 3166 country code.
   *
   * @return True on success.
   */
  bool setCountry(const TQString & country);

  /**
   * Various positions for where to place the positive or negative
   * sign when they are related to a monetary value.
   */
  enum SignPosition { ParensAround = 0, BeforeQuantityMoney = 1,
		      AfterQuantityMoney = 2,
		      BeforeMoney = 3, AfterMoney = 4 };

  /**
   * Returns what a decimal point should look like ("." or "," etc.)
   * according to the current locale or user settings.
   *
   * @return The decimal symbol used by locale.
   */
  TQString decimalSymbol() const;

  /**
   * Returns what the thousands separator should look
   * like ("," or "." etc.)
   * according to the current locale or user settings.
   *
   * @return The thousands separator used by locale.
   */
  TQString thousandsSeparator() const;

  /**
   * Returns what the symbol denoting currency in the current locale
   * as as defined by user settings should look like.
   *
   * @return The default currency symbol used by locale.
   */
  TQString currencySymbol() const;

  /**
   * Returns what a decimal point should look like ("." or "," etc.)
   * for monetary values, according to the current locale or user
   * settings.
   *
   * @return The monetary decimal symbol used by locale.
   */
  TQString monetaryDecimalSymbol() const;

  /**
   * Returns what a thousands separator for monetary values should
   * look like ("," or " " etc.) according to the current locale or
   * user settings.
   *
   * @return The monetary thousands separator used by locale.
   */
  TQString monetaryThousandsSeparator() const;

  /**
   * Returns what a positive sign should look like ("+", " ", etc.)
   * according to the current locale or user settings.
   *
   * @return The positive sign used by locale.
   */
  TQString positiveSign() const;

  /**
   * Returns what a negative sign should look like ("-", etc.)
   * according to the current locale or user settings.
   *
   * @return The negative sign used by locale.
   */
  TQString negativeSign() const;

  /**
   * The number of fractional digits to include in numeric/monetary
   * values (usually 2).
   *
   * @return Default number of fractional digits used by locale.
   */
  int fracDigits() const;

  /**
   * If and only if the currency symbol precedes a positive value,
   * this will be true.
   *
   * @return Where to print the currency symbol for positive numbers.
   */
  bool positivePrefixCurrencySymbol() const;

  /**
   * If and only if the currency symbol precedes a negative value,
   * this will be true.
   *
   * @return True if the currency symbol precedes negative numbers.
   */
  bool negativePrefixCurrencySymbol() const;

  /**
   * Returns the position of a positive sign in relation to a
   * monetary value.
   *
   * @return Where/how to print the positive sign.
   * @see SignPosition
   */
  SignPosition positiveMonetarySignPosition() const;

  /**
   * Denotes where to place a negative sign in relation to a
   * monetary value.
   *
   * @return Where/how to print the negative sign.
   * @see SignPosition
   */
  SignPosition negativeMonetarySignPosition() const;

  /**
   * Given a double, converts that to a numeric string containing
   * the localized monetary equivalent.
   *
   * e.g. given 123456, return "$ 123,456.00".
   *
   * @param num The number we want to format
   * @param currency The currency symbol you want.
   * @param digits Number of fractional digits, or -1 for the default
   *               value
   *
   * @return The number of money as a localized string
   * @see fracDigits()
   */
  TQString formatMoney(double num,
		      const TQString & currency = TQString::null,
		      int digits = -1) const;

  /**
   * Given a double, converts that to a numeric string containing
   * the localized numeric equivalent.
   *
   * e.g. given 123456.78F, return "123,456.78" (for some European country).
   * If precision isn't specified, 2 is used.
   *
   * This function is a wrapper that is provided for convenience.
   *
   * @param num The number to convert
   * @param precision Number of fractional digits used.
   *
   * @return The number as a localized string
   * @see formatNumber(const TQString, bool, int)
   */
  TQString formatNumber(double num, int precision = -1) const;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   *
   * KDE 4.0: merge with formatNumber(const TQString int)
   *
   * calls formatNumber(numStr, 2)
   */
  TQString formatNumber(const TQString &numStr) const KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * Given a string representing a number, converts that to a numeric
   * string containing the localized numeric equivalent.
   *
   * e.g. given 123456.78F, return "123,456.78" (for some European country).
   *
   * @param numStr The number to convert
   * @param round Round  fractional digits.
   * @param precision Number of fractional digits used.
   *
   * @return The number as a localized string
   * @since 3.5
   */
  TQString formatNumber(const TQString &numStr, bool round, int precision) const;

  /**
   * Given an integer, converts that to a numeric string containing
   * the localized numeric equivalent.
   *
   * e.g. given 123456L, return "123,456" (for some European country).
   *
   * @param num The number to convert
   *
   * @return The number as a localized string
   * @since 3.2
   */
  TQString formatLong(long num) const;

  /**
   * Use this to determine whether nouns are declined in
   * locale's language. This property should remain
   * read-only (no setter function)
   *
   * @return If nouns are declined
   * @since 3.1
   */
   bool nounDeclension() const;

  /**
   * Returns a string formatted to the current locale's conventions
   * regarding dates.
   *
   * @param pDate The date to be formated.
   * @param shortFormat True for non text dates.
   *
   * @return The date as a string
   */
  TQString formatDate(const TQDate &pDate, bool shortFormat = false) const;

  /**
   * Use this to determine whether in dates a possessive form of month
   * name is preferred ("of January" rather than "January")
   *
   * @return If possessive form should be used
   * @since 3.1
  */
  bool dateMonthNamePossessive() const;

  /**
   * Returns a string formatted to the current locale's conventions
   * regarding times.
   *
   * @param pTime The time to be formated.
   * @param includeSecs if true, seconds are included in the output,
   *        otherwise only hours and minutes are formatted.
   * @param isDuration if true, the given time is a duration, not a clock time.
   * This means "am/pm" shouldn't be displayed.
   *
   * @return The time as a string
   */
  TQString formatTime(const TQTime &pTime, bool includeSecs, bool isDuration /*=false*/) const;

  /**
   * Returns a string formatted to the current locale's conventions
   * regarding times.
   *
   * @param pTime The time to be formated.
   * @param includeSecs if true, seconds are included in the output,
   *        otherwise only hours and minutes are formatted.
   *
   * @return The time as a string
   */
  TQString formatTime(const TQTime &pTime, bool includeSecs = false) const; // BIC: merge with above

  /**
   * Use this to determine if the user wants a 12 hour clock.
   *
   * @return If the user wants 12h clock
   */
  bool use12Clock() const;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   *
   * Please use the weekStartDay method instead.
   *
   * Use this to determine if the user wants the week to start on Monday.
   *
   * @return true if the week starts on Monday
   */
  bool weekStartsMonday() const KDE_DEPRECATED; //### remove for KDE 4.0

  /**
   * Use this to determine which day is the first day of the week.
   *
   * @return an integer (Monday=1..Sunday=7)
   * @since 3.1
   */
  int weekStartDay() const;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   *
   * Returns a string containing the name of the month name used in the Gregorian calendar.
   *
   * @param i the month number of the year starting at 1/January.
   * @param shortName we will return the short version of the string.
   *
   * @return The name of the month
   * 
   * Typically the correct replacement for this deprecated class is
   * calendar()->monthString(), which requires a TQDate (rather than an
   * integer month) or both a month and a year.
   * This will work across different calendars.
   * Note that you also need to add 
   * \code
   * #include <kcalendarsystem.h>
   * \endcode
   * to the applicable file.
   */
  TQString monthName(int i, bool shortName = false) const KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   *
   * Returns a string containing the possessive form of the month name used in the Gregorian calendar.
   * ("of January", "of February", etc.)
   * It's needed in long format dates in some languages.
   *
   * @param i the month number of the year starting at 1/January.
   * @param shortName we will return the short version of the string.
   *
   * @return The possessive form of the name of the month
   * @since 3.1
   *
   * Typically the correct replacement for this deprecated class is
   * calendar()->monthNamePossessive(), which requires a TQDate (rather than
   * an integer month) or both a month and a year.
   * This will work across different calendars.
   * Note that you also need to add 
   * \code
   * #include <kcalendarsystem.h>
   * \endcode
   * to the applicable file.
  */
  TQString monthNamePossessive(int i, bool shortName = false) const KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * @deprecated use calendar()->weekDayName
   *
   * Returns a string containing the name of the week day used in the Gregorian calendar.
   *
   * @param i the day number of the week starting at 1/Monday.
   * @param shortName we will return the short version of the string.
   *
   * @return The name of the day
   */
  TQString weekDayName(int i, bool shortName = false) const KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * Returns a pointer to the calendar system object.
   *
   * @return the current calendar system instance
   * @since 3.2
   */
  const KCalendarSystem * calendar() const;

  /**
   * Returns the name of the calendar system that is currently being
   * used by the system.
   *
   * @return the name of the calendar system
   * @since 3.2
   */
  TQString calendarType() const;

  /**
   * Changes the current calendar system to the calendar specified.
   * Currently "gregorian" and "hijri" are supported. If the calendar
   * system specified is not found, gregorian will be used.
   *
   * @param calendarType the name of the calendar type
   * @since 3.2
   */
  void setCalendar(const TQString & calendarType);

  /**
   * Returns a string formated to the current locale's conventions
   * regarding both date and time.
   *
   * @param pDateTime The date and time to be formated.
   * @param shortFormat using the short date format.
   * @param includeSecs using the short date format.
   *
   * @return The date and time as a string
   */
  TQString formatDateTime(const TQDateTime &pDateTime,
			 bool shortFormat = true,
			 bool includeSecs = false) const;

  /**
   * Converts a localized monetary string to a double.
   *
   * @param numStr the string we want to convert.
   * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a number.
   *           If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
   *
   * @return The string converted to a double
   */
  double readMoney(const TQString &numStr, bool * ok = 0) const;

  /**
   * Converts a localized numeric string to a double.
   *
   * @param numStr the string we want to convert.
   * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a number.
   *           If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
   *
   * @return The string converted to a double
   */
  double readNumber(const TQString &numStr, bool * ok = 0) const;

  /**
   * Converts a localized date string to a TQDate.
   * The bool pointed by ok will be invalid if the date entered was not valid.
   *
   * @param str the string we want to convert.
   * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid date.
   *           If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
   *
   * @return The string converted to a QDate
   */
  TQDate readDate(const TQString &str, bool* ok = 0) const;

  /**
   * Converts a localized date string to a TQDate, using the specified format.
   * You will usually not want to use this method.
   */
  TQDate readDate( const TQString &intstr, const TQString &fmt, bool* ok = 0) const;

  enum ReadDateFlags {
      NormalFormat = 1,
      ShortFormat = 2
  };

  /**
   * Converts a localized date string to a TQDate.
   * This method is stricter than readDate(str,&ok): it will either accept
   * a date in full format or a date in short format, depending on @p flags.
   *
   * @param str the string we want to convert.
   * @param flags whether the date string is to be in full format or in short format.
   * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid date.
   *           If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
   *
   * @return The string converted to a QDate
   * @since 3.2
   */
  TQDate readDate(const TQString &str, ReadDateFlags flags, bool *ok = 0) const;

  /**
   * Converts a localized time string to a TQTime.
   * This method will try to parse it with seconds, then without seconds.
   * The bool pointed to by @p ok will be set to false if the time entered was 
   * not valid.
   *
   * @param str the string we want to convert.
   * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid time.
   *           If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
   *
   * @return The string converted to a QTime
   */
  TQTime readTime(const TQString &str, bool* ok = 0) const;

  enum ReadTimeFlags {
      WithSeconds = 0, // default (no flag set)
      WithoutSeconds = 1
  }; // (maybe use this enum as a bitfield, if adding independent features?)
  /**
   * Converts a localized time string to a TQTime.
   * This method is stricter than readTime(str,&ok): it will either accept
   * a time with seconds or a time without seconds.
   * Use this method when the format is known by the application.
   *
   * @param str the string we want to convert.
   * @param flags whether the time string is expected to contain seconds or not.
   * @param ok the boolean that is set to false if it's not a valid time.
   *           If @p ok is 0, it will be ignored
   *
   * @return The string converted to a QTime
   * @since 3.2
   */
  TQTime readTime(const TQString &str, ReadTimeFlags flags, bool *ok = 0) const;

  /**
   * Returns the language used by this object. The domain AND the
   * library translation must be available in this language.
   * defaultLanguage() is returned by default, if no other available.
   *
   * @return The currently used language.
   */
  TQString language() const;

  /**
   * Returns the country code of the country where the user lives.
   * defaultCountry() is returned by default, if no other available.
   *
   * @return The country code for the user.
   */
  TQString country() const;

  /**
   * Returns the preferred languages as ISO 639-1 codes. This means
   * that information about country is removed. If the internal language
   * code might be represented by more than one 639-1 code, they will all be
   * listed (but only once).
   *
   * If the selected languages are "nn, nb, pt_BR", you will get:
   * "nn, nb, pt".
   *
   * @return List of language codes
   *
   * @see languageList
   */
  TQStringList languagesTwoAlpha() const;

  /**
   * Returns the languages selected by user. The codes returned here is the
   * internal language codes.
   *
   * @return List of language codes
   *
   * @see languagesTwoAlpha
   */
  TQStringList languageList() const;

  /**
   * Returns the user's preferred encoding.
   *
   * @return The name of the preferred encoding
   *
   * @see codecForEncoding
   * @see encodingMib
   */
  const char * encoding() const;

  /**
   * Returns the user's preferred encoding.
   *
   * @return The Mib of the preferred encoding
   *
   * @see encoding
   * @see codecForEncoding
   */
  int encodingMib() const;
  /**
   * Returns the user's preferred encoding. Should never be NULL.
   *
   * @return The codec for the preferred encoding
   *
   * @see encoding
   * @see encodingMib
   */
  TQTextCodec * codecForEncoding() const;

  /**
   * Returns the file encoding.
   *
   * @return The Mib of the file encoding
   *
   * @see TQFile::encodeName
   * @see TQFile::decodeName
   */
  int fileEncodingMib() const;

  /**
   * Changes the current date format.
   *
   * The format of the date is a string which contains variables that will
   * be replaced:
   * @li %Y with the century (e.g. "19" for "1984")
   * @li %y with the lower 2 digits of the year (e.g. "84" for "1984")
   * @li %n with the month (January="1", December="12")
   * @li %m with the month with two digits (January="01", December="12")
   * @li %e with the day of the month (e.g. "1" on the first of march)
   * @li %d with the day of the month with two digits(e.g. "01" on the first of march)
   * @li %b with the short form of the month (e.g. "Jan" for January)
   * @li %B with the long form of the month (e.g. "January")
   * @li %a with the short form of the weekday (e.g. "Wed" for Wednesday)
   * @li %A with the long form of the weekday (e.g. "Wednesday" for Wednesday)
   *
   * Everything else in the format string will be taken as is.
   * For example, March 20th 1989 with the format "%y:%m:%d" results
   * in "89:03:20".
   *
   * @param format The new date format
   */
  void setDateFormat(const TQString & format);
  /**
   * Changes the current short date format.
   *
   * The format of the date is a string which contains variables that will
   * be replaced:
   * @li %Y with the century (e.g. "19" for "1984")
   * @li %y with the lower 2 digits of the year (e.g. "84" for "1984")
   * @li %n with the month (January="1", December="12")
   * @li %m with the month with two digits (January="01", December="12")
   * @li %e with the day of the month (e.g. "1" on the first of march)
   * @li %d with the day of the month with two digits(e.g. "01" on the first of march)
   * @li %b with the short form of the month (e.g. "Jan" for January)
   * @li %B with the long form of the month (e.g. "January")
   * @li %a with the short form of the weekday (e.g. "Wed" for Wednesday)
   * @li %A with the long form of the weekday (e.g. "Wednesday" for Wednesday)
   *
   * Everything else in the format string will be taken as is.
   * For example, March 20th 1989 with the format "%y:%m:%d" results
   * in "89:03:20".
   *
   * @param format The new short date format
   */
  void setDateFormatShort(const TQString & format);
  /**
   * Changes the form of month name used in dates.
   *
   * @param possessive True if possessive forms should be used
   * @since 3.1
   */
  void setDateMonthNamePossessive(bool possessive);
  /**
   * Changes the current time format.
   *
   * The format of the time is string a which contains variables that will
   * be replaced:
   * @li %H with the hour in 24h format and 2 digits (e.g. 5pm is "17", 5am is "05")
   * @li %k with the hour in 24h format and one digits (e.g. 5pm is "17", 5am is "5")
   * @li %I with the hour in 12h format and 2 digits (e.g. 5pm is "05", 5am is "05")
   * @li %l with the hour in 12h format and one digits (e.g. 5pm is "5", 5am is "5")
   * @li %M with the minute with 2 digits (e.g. the minute of 07:02:09 is "02")
   * @li %S with the seconds with 2 digits  (e.g. the minute of 07:02:09 is "09")
   * @li %p with pm or am (e.g. 17.00 is "pm", 05.00 is "am")
   *
   * Everything else in the format string will be taken as is.
   * For example, 5.23pm with the format "%H:%M" results
   * in "17:23".
   *
   * @param format The new time format
   */
  void setTimeFormat(const TQString & format);

  /**
   * @deprecated
   *
   * Please use setWeekStartDay instead.
   *
   * Changes how TDELocale defines the first day in week.
   *
   * @param start True if Monday is the first day in the week
   */
  void setWeekStartsMonday(bool start) KDE_DEPRECATED; //### remove for KDE 4.0

  /**
   * Changes how TDELocale defines the first day in week.
   *
   * @param day first day of the week (Monday=1..Sunday=7) as integer
   * @since 3.1
   */
  void setWeekStartDay(int day);
  /**
   * Returns the currently selected date format.
   *
   * @return Current date format.
   * @see setDateFormat()
   */
  TQString dateFormat() const;
  /**
   * Returns the currently selected short date format.
   *
   * @return Current short date format.
   * @see setDateFormatShort()
   */
  TQString dateFormatShort() const;
  /**
   * Returns the currently selected time format.
   *
   * @return Current time format.
   * @see setTimeFormat()
   */
  TQString timeFormat() const;

  /**
   * Changes the symbol used to identify the decimal pointer.
   *
   * @param symbol The new decimal symbol.
   */
  void setDecimalSymbol(const TQString & symbol);
  /**
   * Changes the separator used to group digits when formating numbers.
   *
   * @param separator The new thousands separator.
   */
  void setThousandsSeparator(const TQString & separator);
  /**
   * Changes the sign used to identify a positive number. Normally this is
   * left blank.
   *
   * @param sign Sign used for positive numbers.
   */
  void setPositiveSign(const TQString & sign);
  /**
   * Changes the sign used to identify a negative number.
   *
   * @param sign Sign used for negative numbers.
   */
  void setNegativeSign(const TQString & sign);
  /**
   * Changes the sign position used for positive monetary values.
   *
   * @param signpos The new sign position
   */
  void setPositiveMonetarySignPosition(SignPosition signpos);
  /**
   * Changes the sign position used for negative monetary values.
   *
   * @param signpos The new sign position
   */
  void setNegativeMonetarySignPosition(SignPosition signpos);
  /**
   * Changes the position where the currency symbol should be printed for
   * positive monetary values.
   *
   * @param prefix True if the currency symbol should be prefixed instead of
   * postfixed
   */
  void setPositivePrefixCurrencySymbol(bool prefix);
  /**
   * Changes the position where the currency symbol should be printed for
   * negative monetary values.
   *
   * @param prefix True if the currency symbol should be prefixed instead of
   * postfixed
   */
  void setNegativePrefixCurrencySymbol(bool prefix);
  /**
   * Changes the number of digits used when formating numbers.
   *
   * @param digits The default number of digits to use.
   */
  void setFracDigits(int digits);
  /**
   * Changes the separator used to group digits when formating monetary values.
   *
   * @param separator The new thousands separator.
   */
  void setMonetaryThousandsSeparator(const TQString & separator);
  /**
   * Changes the symbol used to identify the decimal pointer for monetary
   * values.
   *
   * @param symbol The new decimal symbol.
   */
  void setMonetaryDecimalSymbol(const TQString & symbol);
  /**
   * Changes the current currency symbol.
   *
   * @param symbol The new currency symbol
   */
  void setCurrencySymbol(const TQString & symbol);

  /**
   * Returns the preferred page size for printing.
   *
   * @return The preferred page size, cast it to TQPrinter::PageSize
   */
  int pageSize() const;

  /**
   * Changes the preferred page size when printing.
   *
   * @param paperFormat the new preferred page size in the format TQPrinter::PageSize
   */
  void setPageSize(int paperFormat);

  /**
   * The Metric system will give you information in mm, while the
   * Imperial system will give you information in inches.
   */
  enum MeasureSystem { Metric, Imperial };

  /**
   * Returns which measuring system we use.
   *
   * @return The preferred measuring system
   */
  MeasureSystem measureSystem() const;

  /**
   * Changes the preferred measuring system.
   *
   * @return value The preferred measuring system
   */
  void setMeasureSystem(MeasureSystem value);
  
  /**
   * Adds another catalog to search for translation lookup.
   * This function is useful for extern libraries and/or code,
   * that provide there own messages.
   *
   * If the catalog does not exist for the chosen language,
   * it will be ignored and en_US will be used.
   *
   * @param catalog The catalog to add.
   */
  void insertCatalogue(const TQString& catalog);

  /**
   * Removes a catalog for translation lookup.
   * @param catalog The catalog to remove.
   * @see insertCatalogue()
   */
  void removeCatalogue(const TQString &catalog);

  /**
   * Sets the active catalog for translation lookup.
   * @param catalog The catalog to activate.
   */
  void setActiveCatalogue(const TQString &catalog);

  /**
   * Translates a message as a QTranslator is supposed to.
   * The parameters are similar to i18n(), but the result
   * value has other semantics (it can be TQString::null)
   * @since 3.1
   **/
  TQString translateQt(const char *context,
		      const char *sourceText,
		      const char *message) const;

  /**
   * Returns list of all known ISO 639-1 codes.
   * @return a list of all language codes
   * @since 3.1
   */
  TQStringList allLanguagesTwoAlpha() const;

  /**
   * Convert a ISO 639-1 code to a human readable form.
   * @param code the language ISO 639-1 code
   * @return the human readable form
   * @since 3.1
   */
  TQString twoAlphaToLanguageName(const TQString &code) const;

  /**
   * Returns list of all known country codes.
   * @return a list of all country codes
   * @since 3.1
   */
  TQStringList allCountriesTwoAlpha() const;

  /**
   * Convert a country code to a human readable form.
   * @param code the country code
   * @return the human readable form of the country name
   * @since 3.1
   */
  TQString twoAlphaToCountryName(const TQString &code) const;

  /**
   * Returns the parts of the parameter str understood as language setting
   * the format is language_COUNTRY.charset
   *
   * @param str The string to split.
   * @param language This will be set to the language part of the string.
   * @param country This will be set to the country part of the string.
   * @param charset This will be set to the charset part of the string.
   */
  static void splitLocale(const TQString & str,
			  TQString & language,
			  TQString & country,
			  TQString & charset);

  /**
   * Use this as main catalog for *all* TDELocales, if not the appname
   * will be used. This function is best to be the very first instruction
   * in your program's main function as it only has an effect before the
   * first TDELocale object is created.
   *
   * @param catalog Catalogue to override all other main catalogues.
   */
  static void setMainCatalogue(const char *catalog);

  /**
   * Finds localized resource in resourceDir( rtype ) + \<lang> + fname.
   *
   * @param fname relative path to find
   * @param rtype resource type to use
   */
  static TQString langLookup(const TQString &fname, const char *rtype = "html");

  /**
   * Returns the name of the internal language.
   *
   * @return Name of the default language
   */
  static TQString defaultLanguage();

  /**
   * Returns the name of the default country.
   *
   * @return Name of the default country
   */
  static TQString defaultCountry();


  /**
   * @internal Called from TDEConfigBackend to initialize language.
   */
  static TQString _initLanguage(TDEConfigBase *config);

#ifdef KDE_NO_COMPAT
private:
#endif
  /**
   * @deprecated
   * use formatMoney(double)
   */
  TQString formatMoney(const TQString &numStr) const KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   * Use languageList()
   *
   * @return String containing language codes separated by colons
   */
  TQString languages() const KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   * @return True
   */
  bool setCharset(const TQString & charset) KDE_DEPRECATED;

  /**
   * @deprecated
   * @see encoding
   */
  TQString charset() const KDE_DEPRECATED;

protected:
  /**
   * @internal Creates a TDELocale object for TDEGlobal and inits the locale
   * pointer.
   */
  static void initInstance();

private:
  /**
   * @internal Inits the localization part of the instance with the config
   * object.
   *
   * @param config The configuration object used for init.
   */
  void initFormat(TDEConfig *config);
  
  /**
   * @internal Initializes the catalogs appname, tdelibs and kio for all chosen languages.
   *
   * @param config The configuration object used for init
   * @param useEnv True if we should use environment variables
   */
  void initMainCatalogues(const TQString & catalog);
  
  /**
   * @internal Initializes the list of valid languages from the user's point of view. This is the list of
   * languages that the user picks in kcontrol. The config object should be valid and contain the global
   * entries.
   *
   * @param config The configuration object used for init
   * @param useEnv True if we should use environment variables
   */
  void initLanguageList(TDEConfig * config, bool useEnv);

  /**
   * @internal Figures out which encoding the user prefers.
   *
   * @param config The configuration object used for init
   */
  void initEncoding(TDEConfig * config);

  /**
   * @internal Figures out which encoding the user prefers for filenames
   * and sets up the appropriate TQFile encoding and decoding functions.
   */
  void initFileNameEncoding(TDEConfig *config);

  /**
   * @internal A TQFile filename encoding function (TQFile::encodeFn).
   */
#ifdef USE_QT3
  static TQCString encodeFileNameUTF8( const TQString & fileName );
#endif // USE_QT3
#ifdef USE_QT4
  static QByteArray encodeFileNameUTF8( const QString & fileName );
#endif // USE_QT4

  /**
   * @internal TQFile filename decoding function (TQFile::decodeFn).
   */
#ifdef USE_QT3
  static TQString decodeFileNameUTF8( const TQCString & localFileName );
#endif // USE_QT3
#ifdef USE_QT4
  static QString decodeFileNameUTF8( const QByteArray & localFileName );
#endif // USE_QT4

  /**
   * @internal Changes the file name of the catalog to the correct
   * one.
   */
  void initCatalogue( KCatalogue & catalog );

  /**
   * @internal Ensures that the format configuration is read.
   */
  void doFormatInit() const;

  /**
   * @internal Reads the format configuration from disk.
   */
  void initFormat();

  /**
   * @internal function used by the two translate versions
   */
  TQString translate_priv(const char *index,
			 const char *text,
			 const char ** original = 0,
			 int* pluralType = 0) const;

  /**
   * @internal function used to determine if we are using the en_US translation
   */
  bool useDefaultLanguage() const;

  /**
   * @internal Checks if the specified language is installed
   */
  bool isLanguageInstalled(const TQString & language) const;
  
  /**
   * @internal evaluate the list of catalogs and check that all instances for all languages are loaded 
   * and that they are sorted according to the catalog names
   */
  void updateCatalogues( );
  
  /**
   * @internal Find the plural type for all loaded catalogs
   */
  void initPluralTypes( );
  /**
   * @internal Find the plural type for a language. Look this up in the corresponding tdelibs.po.
   *
   * @param language The language to examine
   */
  int pluralType( const TQString & language );
  
  /**
   * @internal Find the plural type information for a given catalog. This catalog will be a tdelibs.mo. Method
   * just exists to make code more readable.
   *
   * @param language The language to examine
   */
  int pluralType( const KCatalogue& catalog );
  /**
   * @internal Find catalog for given language and given catalog name.
   *
   * @param language language of the catalog
   * @param name name of the catalog
   */
  // const KCatalogue * catalog( const TQString & language, const TQString & name );
  

  /**
   * @internal Retrieves the file name of the catalog, or TQString::null
   *           if not found.
   */
  static TQString catalogueFileName(const TQString & language,
				   const KCatalogue & catalog);
public:
  /**
   * @internal Checks whether or not theFind catalog for given language and given catalog name.
   *
   * @param language language to check
   */
   bool isApplicationTranslatedInto( const TQString & language);
   
private:
  // Numbers and money
  TQString m_decimalSymbol;
  TQString m_thousandsSeparator;
  TQString m_currencySymbol;
  TQString m_monetaryDecimalSymbol;
  TQString m_monetaryThousandsSeparator;
  TQString m_positiveSign;
  TQString m_negativeSign;
  int m_fracDigits;
  SignPosition m_positiveMonetarySignPosition;
  SignPosition m_negativeMonetarySignPosition;

  // Date and time
  TQString m_timeFormat;
  TQString m_dateFormat;
  TQString m_dateFormatShort;

  TQString m_language;
  TQString m_country;

  bool m_weekStartsMonday; //### remove for KDE 4.0
  bool m_positivePrefixCurrencySymbol;
  bool m_negativePrefixCurrencySymbol;

  TDELocalePrivate *d;
};

#endif