i18n Support

[edvin]

TornadoFX should provide an easy way to work with multiple UI languages.

[edvin]

I want to create some kind of convention so you don't need to specify the resource bundle for each Component, but it should be possible to override. I'd like a global Resource bundle, and the possibility for a bundle per Component with fallback to the global bundle.

Need to figure out how to deal with changes to locale when the app is running, and if we should configure locale somewhere in the framework, or just use the default locale.

[edvin]

Implementation complete. Will document here tomorrow: https://github.com/edvin/tornadofx/wiki/i18n

[edvin]

Documentation available. Do you have the time to try the functionality and look at the documentation @thomasnield ? Would love some input!

[thomasnield]

Sure I'll give a spin. I'll be out tonight playing but I can make some time tomorrow. I'm not familiar with internationalization so this will be a learning moment for me!

[thomasnield]

Yeah this looks pretty interesting. I'll take a look as soon as I can.

[edvin]

Cool! Bear in mind, I didn't know how to do i18n in JavaFX before today either, but I've used it a lot in JSF. Nothing is set in stone, so let me know what you think. Enjoy your night out :)

[thomasnield]

Thanks! Will do. Have a good night.

[edvin]

You too, Thomas!

[thomasnield]

Sorry been bogged down today. Needed to modify TableFilter in ControlsFX today for an app at work. Since my time got spent there, I'll follow up with this, #33, and #32 tomorrow and this weekend.

[edvin]

No worries @thomasnield - this is supposed to be fun, not a burden :) Got your email, will get back to you soon - I have some ideas!

[thomasnield]

Oh no worries I'm having a lot of fun! And I look forward to hearing, I think we could do a lot with ControlsFX and make some functionality with it when we are ready.

[thomasnield]

I've never done internationalization with software but this is pretty fascinating. I'll need to play with this more. Can you show me a full example with a View and a single button that is translated from one language to another?

This might be worthwhile to learn because my company is increasingly going international.