OOPS, forgot this file for the localization patch.

.htaccess

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Options FollowSymLinks
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
-RewriteBase /
+RewriteBase /pres2
 RewriteRule ^([^\.\?/]+)$       /index.php/$1        [QSA]
 </IfModule>
+php_flag register_globals on

messages.php

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+// set locale and bindings if we are using gettext
+if (PRES2_USE_GETTEXT && extension_loaded('gettext')) {
+    define('PRES2_GETTEXT_INIT', _init_gettext());
+} else {
+    define('PRES2_GETTEXT_INIT', false);
+}
+
+// always include the messages file, it is our backup
+$lang_file = PRES2_LOCALEDIR.'/'.PRES2_LOCALE.'/LC_MESSAGES/pres2.php';
+include_once $lang_file;
+
+function _init_gettext() {
+    // locale setting can be a pain
+    // TODO need to see if there are missing locale aliases
+    $locales_array = array(
+        'en' => array('en_US', 'en_GB', 'en_AU', 'en_CA', 'english', 'C'),
+        'es' => array('es_ES', 'es_PE', 'es_MX', 'es_AR', 'spanish'),
+    );
+
+    $loc = setlocale(LC_MESSAGES, $locales_array[PRES2_LOCALE]);
+    if ($loc !== false) {
+        putenv('LC_MESSAGES='.$loc);
+    }
+    $tdom = textdomain('pres2');
+    $btex = bindtextdomain('pres2', PRES2_LOCALEDIR);
+    return ($loc !== false) 
+            && ($btex == realpath(PRES2_LOCALEDIR))
+            && ($tdom == 'pres2');
+}
+
+function message($str) {
+    // try using gettext if initiliazed
+    if (PRES2_GETTEXT_INIT) {
+        $trans = gettext($str);
+        if ($trans != $str) { // only return something if gettext worked
+            return $trans;
+        }
+    }
+    // otherwise use the messages array
+    $trans = $GLOBALS['messages'][$str];
+    return ($trans == '' || is_null($trans)) ? $str : $trans;
+}
+?>