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| -rw-r--r-- | module/hnh/util/language.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/module/hnh/util/language.scm b/module/hnh/util/language.scm index 9b61483c..f393f179 100644 --- a/module/hnh/util/language.scm +++ b/module/hnh/util/language.scm @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ (define-module (hnh util language) :export (resolve-language)) +;;; Given a #f or a string, return #f if #f or an empty string is given, +;;; and the given string otherwise +(define (falsify-string s) + (cond ((and (boolean? s) (not s)) s) + ((string-null? s) #f) + (else s))) ;; Locale objects, such as %global-locale, doesn't provide a way to access the language name, ;; This is for procedures which want to handle their translations manually. @@ -8,7 +14,7 @@ "Returns a two character symbol representing the \"current\" language. e.g. en" (string->symbol (string-take - (or (getenv "LC_MESSAGES") - (getenv "LC_ALL") + (or (falsify-string (getenv "LC_MESSAGES")) + (falsify-string (getenv "LC_ALL")) "en") 2))) |