[Feature] Remove i18n

cli/openbb_cli/config/constants.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 STYLES_DIRECTORY = ASSETS_DIRECTORY / "styles"
 ENV_FILE_SETTINGS = SETTINGS_DIRECTORY / ".cli.env"
 HIST_FILE_PROMPT = SETTINGS_DIRECTORY / ".cli.his"
-I18N_FILE = ASSETS_DIRECTORY / "i18n"
 
 
 DEFAULT_ROUTINES_URL = "https://openbb-cms.directus.app/items/Routines"

cli/openbb_cli/config/menu_text.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from typing import Dict, List
 
-import i18n
 from openbb import obb
 
 # https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/stable/appendix/colors.html#appendix-colors
@@ -92,10 +91,8 @@ def _format_cmd_description(
         self, name: str, description: str, trim: bool = True
     ) -> str:
         """Truncate command description length if it is too long."""
-        if not description:
-            description = i18n.t(self.menu_path + name)
-            if description == self.menu_path + name:
-                description = ""
+        if not description or description == f"{self.menu_path}{name}":
+            description = ""
         return (
             description[: self.CMD_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH - 3] + "..."
             if len(description) > self.CMD_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH and trim
@@ -122,23 +119,9 @@ def add_section(
         else:
             self.menu_text += text
 
-    def add_custom(self, name: str):
-        """Append custom text (after translation)."""
-        self.menu_text += f"{i18n.t(self.menu_path + name)}"
-
     def add_info(self, text: str):
         """Append information text (after translation)."""
-        self.menu_text += f"[info]{i18n.t(self.menu_path + text)}:[/info]\n"
-
-    def add_param(self, name: str, value: str, col_align: int = 0):
-        """Append parameter (after translation)."""
-        parameter_translated = i18n.t(self.menu_path + name)
-        space = (
-            (col_align - len(parameter_translated)) * " "
-            if col_align > len(parameter_translated)
-            else ""
-        )
-        self.menu_text += f"[param]{parameter_translated}{space}:[/param] {value}\n"
+        self.menu_text += f"[info]{text}:[/info]\n"
 
     def add_cmd(self, name: str, description: str = "", disable: bool = False):
         """Append command text (after translation)."""
@@ -174,10 +157,8 @@ def add_menu(
         """Append menu text (after translation)."""
         spacing = (self.CMD_NAME_LENGTH - len(name) + self.SECTION_SPACING) * " "
 
-        if not description:
-            description = i18n.t(self.menu_path + name)
-            if description == self.menu_path + name:
-                description = ""
+        if not description or description == f"{self.menu_path}{name}":
+            description = ""
 
         if len(description) > self.CMD_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH:
             description = description[: self.CMD_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH - 3] + "..."
@@ -186,9 +167,12 @@ def add_menu(
         tag = "unvl" if disable else "menu"
         self.menu_text += f"[{tag}]>   {menu}[/{tag}]\n"
 
-    def add_setting(self, name: str, status: bool = True):
+    def add_setting(self, name: str, status: bool = True, description: str = ""):
         """Append menu text (after translation)."""
         spacing = (self.CMD_NAME_LENGTH - len(name) + self.SECTION_SPACING) * " "
         indentation = self.SECTION_SPACING * " "
         color = "green" if status else "red"
-        self.menu_text += f"[{color}]{indentation}{name}{spacing}{i18n.t(self.menu_path + name)}[/{color}]\n"
+
+        self.menu_text += (
+            f"[{color}]{indentation}{name}{spacing}{description}[/{color}]\n"
+        )

cli/openbb_cli/config/setup.py

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, TypeVar
 
-import i18n
-
-from openbb_cli.config.constants import ENV_FILE_SETTINGS, I18N_FILE, SETTINGS_DIRECTORY
+from openbb_cli.config.constants import ENV_FILE_SETTINGS, SETTINGS_DIRECTORY
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from openbb_charting.core.openbb_figure import OpenBBFigure
@@ -69,13 +67,6 @@ def set_current_figure(fig: Optional[OpenBBFigureT] = None):
     current_figure = fig
 
 
-def setup_i18n(i18n_path: Path = I18N_FILE, lang: str = "en"):
-    """Select the CLI translation language."""
-    i18n.load_path.append(i18n_path)
-    i18n.set("locale", lang)
-    i18n.set("filename_format", "{locale}.{format}")
-
-
 def bootstrap():
     """Setup pre-launch configurations for the CLI."""
     SETTINGS_DIRECTORY.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

cli/openbb_cli/controllers/cli_controller.py

@@ -220,13 +220,21 @@ def update_runtime_choices(self):
     def print_help(self):
         """Print help."""
         mt = MenuText("")
-        mt.add_info("_configure_")
-        mt.add_menu("settings")
+        mt.add_info("Configure your own CLI")
+        mt.add_menu(
+            "settings",
+            description="enable and disable feature flags, preferences and settings",
+        )
         mt.add_raw("\n")
-        mt.add_info("_scripts_")
-        mt.add_cmd("record")
-        mt.add_cmd("stop")
-        mt.add_cmd("exe")
+        mt.add_info("Record and execute your own .openbb routine scripts")
+        mt.add_cmd("record", description="start recording current session")
+        mt.add_cmd(
+            "stop", description="stop session recording and convert to .openbb routine"
+        )
+        mt.add_cmd(
+            "exe",
+            description="execute .openbb routine scripts (use exe --example for an example)",
+        )
         mt.add_raw("\n")
         mt.add_info("Retrieve data from different asset classes and providers")
 

cli/openbb_cli/controllers/settings_controller.py

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class SettingsController(BaseController):
     """Settings Controller class."""
 
     CHOICES_COMMANDS: List[str] = [
-        "retryload",
         "tab",
         "interactive",
         "cls",
@@ -56,26 +55,76 @@ def print_help(self):
         settings = session.settings
 
         mt = MenuText("settings/")
-        mt.add_info("_feature_flags_")
-        mt.add_setting("interactive", settings.USE_INTERACTIVE_DF)
-        mt.add_setting("cls", settings.USE_CLEAR_AFTER_CMD)
-        mt.add_setting("promptkit", settings.USE_PROMPT_TOOLKIT)
-        mt.add_setting("exithelp", settings.ENABLE_EXIT_AUTO_HELP)
-        mt.add_setting("rcontext", settings.REMEMBER_CONTEXTS)
-        mt.add_setting("richpanel", settings.ENABLE_RICH_PANEL)
-        mt.add_setting("tbhint", settings.TOOLBAR_HINT)
-        mt.add_setting("overwrite", settings.FILE_OVERWRITE)
-        mt.add_setting("version", settings.SHOW_VERSION)
-        mt.add_setting("obbject_msg", settings.SHOW_MSG_OBBJECT_REGISTRY)
+        mt.add_info("Feature flags")
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "interactive",
+            settings.USE_INTERACTIVE_DF,
+            description="open dataframes in interactive window",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "cls",
+            settings.USE_CLEAR_AFTER_CMD,
+            description="clear console after each command",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "promptkit",
+            settings.USE_PROMPT_TOOLKIT,
+            description="enable prompt toolkit (autocomplete and history)",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "exithelp",
+            settings.ENABLE_EXIT_AUTO_HELP,
+            description="automatically print help when quitting menu",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "rcontext",
+            settings.REMEMBER_CONTEXTS,
+            description="remember contexts between menus",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "richpanel",
+            settings.ENABLE_RICH_PANEL,
+            description="colorful rich CLI panel",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "tbhint",
+            settings.TOOLBAR_HINT,
+            description="displays usage hints in the bottom toolbar",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "overwrite",
+            settings.FILE_OVERWRITE,
+            description="whether to overwrite Excel files if they already exists",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "version",
+            settings.SHOW_VERSION,
+            description="whether to show the version in the bottom right corner",
+        )
+        mt.add_setting(
+            "obbject_msg",
+            settings.SHOW_MSG_OBBJECT_REGISTRY,
+            description="show obbject registry message after a new result is added",
+        )
         mt.add_raw("\n")
-        mt.add_info("_preferences_")
-        mt.add_cmd("console_style")
-        mt.add_cmd("flair")
-        mt.add_cmd("timezone")
-        mt.add_cmd("n_rows")
-        mt.add_cmd("n_cols")
-        mt.add_cmd("obbject_res")
-        mt.add_cmd("obbject_display")
+        mt.add_info("Preferences")
+        mt.add_cmd("console_style", description="apply a custom rich style to the CLI")
+        mt.add_cmd("flair", description="choose flair icon")
+        mt.add_cmd("timezone", description="pick timezone")
+        mt.add_cmd(
+            "n_rows", description="number of rows to show on non interactive tables"
+        )
+        mt.add_cmd(
+            "n_cols", description="number of columns to show on non interactive tables"
+        )
+        mt.add_cmd(
+            "obbject_res",
+            description="define the maximum number of obbjects allowed in the registry",
+        )
+        mt.add_cmd(
+            "obbject_display",
+            description="define the maximum number of cached results to display on the help menu",
+        )
 
         session.console.print(text=mt.menu_text, menu="Settings")
 

cli/pyproject.toml

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ openbb-charting = "^2.0.2"
 prompt-toolkit = "^3.0.16"
 rich = "^13"
 python-dotenv = "^1.0.0"
-python-i18n = "^0.3.9"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 openbb-devtools = "^1.1.3"