translations-test/main.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strings"

	"github.com/leonelquinteros/gotext"
)

func main() {
	// Set locale from environment
	locale := getLocale()
	
	// Configure gettext
	gotext.Configure("locales", locale, "default")
	
	// Translate and print
	fmt.Println(gotext.Get("Hello World"))

	fmt.Println(gotext.Get("Goodbye World"))
}

// Determine locale from environment variables
func getLocale() string {
	// Check LC_MESSAGES first
	if loc := os.Getenv("LC_MESSAGES"); loc != "" {
		return normalizeLocale(loc)
	}
	
	// Fallback to LANG if LC_MESSAGES is empty
	if loc := os.Getenv("LANG"); loc != "" {
		return normalizeLocale(loc)
	}
	
	// Default to English
	return "en_US"
}

// Normalize locale format (es_ES.UTF-8 → es_ES)
func normalizeLocale(loc string) string {
	if idx := strings.Index(loc, "."); idx != -1 {
		return loc[:idx]
	}
	if idx := strings.Index(loc, "@"); idx != -1 {
		return loc[:idx]
	}
	return loc
}