Added real i18n support (different fonts possible, depending on language)

1 files changed, 68 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/splash.sh b/scripts/splash.sh
index a8a6f0f..b9f0dd2 100644
--- a/scripts/splash.sh
+++ b/scripts/splash.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ else
 fi
 
 gprintf() {
+    # request translations to be always in UTF-8
+    OUTPUT_CHARSET=UTF-8
     if [ -x /bin/gettext -a -n "$1" ]; then
 	if [ -n "$GP_LANG" ]; then
-	    TEXT=`LC_MESSAGES=$GP_LANG gettext -e --domain=$TEXTDOMAIN "$1"`
+	    TEXT=`LANGUAGE=$GP_LANG gettext -e --domain=$TEXTDOMAIN "$1"`
 	else
 	    TEXT=`gettext -e --domain=$TEXTDOMAIN "$1"`
 	fi
@@ -92,6 +94,70 @@ num=$(( $nbservices + 2 ))
 
 # Initialize and print text string..
 if [ "$progress" == 1 -o "$1" == "start" ]; then
+    # depending on the languages, we need to use a font different of
+    # the default one; in such case the font must be accessible, or
+    # the translation is disabled.
+    # bugs:
+    # - RTL languages need a fake *.po file, where bidi reordering and
+    #   shaping is already done.
+    # - indic languages have not shaping
+    case "${GP_LANG}${LANGUAGE}" in
+	# languages written in latin that use letters not included in luxi
+	az*|cy*|gn*|vi*)
+		font=/usr/share/fonts/otf/mdk/mdk_teams.otf ;;
+	# basic cyrillic, covered by cp1251
+	be*|bg*|mk*|ru*|sr*|uk*)
+		font=/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010015l.pfb ;;
+	# extended cyrillic, not covered by cp1251
+	mn*|tg*|uz*)
+		font=/usr/share/fonts/otf/mdk/mdk_teams.otf ;;
+	# other scripts
+	am*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/ethiopic/gfzemenu.ttf ;;
+	ar*|fa*|ur*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/arabic/Kacst-Qr.ttf ;;
+	as*|bn*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/bengali/MuktiBold.ttf ;;
+	el*) font=/usr/share/fonts/type1/greek/kb.pfb ;;
+	he*|yi*) font=/usr/share/fonts/type1/hebrew/Nachlieli-Bold.pfa ;;
+	hi*|mr*) font=/usr/share/fonts/otf/mdk/raghu.ttf ;;
+	hy*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/armenian/artsnk_b.ttf ;;
+	ja*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/japanese/kochi-gothic.ttf ;;
+	kn*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/kannada/Sampige.ttf ;;
+	ko*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/korean/gulim.ttf ;;
+	ml*) font=/usr/share/fonts/otf/mdk/malayalam.ttf ;;
+	ta*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/tamil/TSCu_Paranar.ttf ;;
+	th*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/thai/norasi_b.ttf ;;
+	zh_CN*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/gb2312/gkai00mp.ttf ;;
+	zh_TW*) font=/usr/share/fonts/ttf/big5/bkai00mp.ttf ;;
+	# languages supported by the default font; latin1
+	af*|br*|ca*|da*|de*|es*|et*|eu*|fi*|fr*|ga*|gl*|id*|is*|it*|ms*|nb*)
+		font=default ;;
+	# languages supported by the default font; latin1, more
+	nb*|nl*|nn*|no*|pt*|sv*|wa*)
+		font=default ;;
+	# languages supported by the default font; latin2
+	bs*|cs*|hr*|hu*|pl*|ro*|sk*|sl*|sq*)
+		font=default ;;
+	# languages supported by the default font; other latin coverages
+	eo*|lt*|lv*|mt*|tr*)
+		font=default ;;
+	# for others, we do a last chance possibility with
+	# arial unicode, if the user installed it...
+	*) font=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/ttf/arialuni.ttf ;;
+    esac
+
+    if [ "$font" != "default" ]; then
+    	if [ -r "$font" ]
+		custom_font="-f $font"
+	elif [ -r "/etc/locale/`basename $font`" ]; then
+		custom_font="/etc/locale/`basename $font`"
+	elif [ -r "/etc/locale/default.ttf" ]; then
+		custom_font="/etc/locale/default.ttf"
+	else
+		# no font available, translations are not done
+		GP_LANG=C ;
+		LANGUAGE=C ;
+	fi
+    fi
+
     if test "$_shutdown" == "yes"; then 
         gprintf "Shutting down the system..."
         [[ -f /etc/bootsplash/themes/$theme/config/bootsplash-$res.cfg ]] && /sbin/splash -s -u 0 /etc/bootsplash/themes/$theme/config/bootsplash-$res.cfg
@@ -105,7 +171,7 @@ if [ "$progress" == 1 -o "$1" == "start" ]; then
         -a "$text_color" != "" -a "$text_size" != "" -a "$_silent" == "yes" ]; then
         gprintf "Press F2 for verbose mode."
         fbtruetype.static -x $text_x -y $text_y -t $text_color -s $text_size \
-  			"$_boot $TEXT"
+  			$custom_font "$_boot $TEXT"
     fi
 fi