From b686a498e75e043efbbd3adddef1df12b7d64536 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Teran <evan.teran@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:00:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adding in the basics of translations! (#847)

---
 .vscode/settings.json         |  5 ++++-
 src/CMakeLists.txt            | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 src/main.cpp                  | 13 ++++++++-----
 src/res/translations/.gitkeep |  0
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/res/translations/.gitkeep

diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 098701272..7450e2a04 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 {
     "files.associations": {
-        "system_error": "cpp"
+        "*.go": "go",
+        "*.json": "json",
+        "system_error": "cpp",
+        "*.tcc": "cpp"
     },
     "cSpell.words": [
         "CLASSINFO",
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 862a6a193..a4b45f250 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,30 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 
-find_package(Qt5 5.0.0 REQUIRED Widgets Xml XmlPatterns Svg)
+find_package(Qt5 5.0.0 REQUIRED Widgets Xml XmlPatterns Svg LinguistTools)
+
+qt5_add_translation(QM_FILES
+	# add translation files in /src/res/translations here
+)
+
+# Create translations QRC file - translations.qrc
+set(TRANSLATIONS_QRC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations.qrc")
+
+file(WRITE ${TRANSLATIONS_QRC} "<RCC>\n\t<qresource prefix=\"/translations\">")
+foreach(QM_FILE ${QM_FILES})
+	get_filename_component(QM_FILE_NAME ${QM_FILE} NAME)
+	file(APPEND ${TRANSLATIONS_QRC} "\n\t\t<file>${QM_FILE_NAME}</file>")
+endforeach()
+
+file(APPEND ${TRANSLATIONS_QRC} "\n\t</qresource>\n</RCC>")
+list(APPEND QRC_FILES ${TRANSLATIONS_QRC})
 
 qt5_add_resources(QRC_SOURCES
 	res/debugger.qrc
 	res/themes.qrc
 	res/breeze-edb.qrc
 	res/breeze-dark-edb.qrc
+	${TRANSLATIONS_QRC}
 )
 
 foreach(FILE IN LISTS QRC_SOURCES)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b0ee5a1fa..8177d75ef 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -200,12 +200,15 @@ int start_debugger(const LaunchArguments &launch_args) {
 void load_translations() {
 	// load some translations
 	QTranslator qtTranslator;
-	qtTranslator.load("qt_" + QLocale::system().name(), QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
-	qApp->installTranslator(&qtTranslator);
+	if (qtTranslator.load(QLocale(), QLatin1String("qtbase"), QLatin1String("_"), QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath))) {
+		qApp->installTranslator(&qtTranslator);
+	}
 
-	QTranslator myappTranslator;
-	myappTranslator.load("edb_" + QLocale::system().name());
-	qApp->installTranslator(&myappTranslator);
+	QTranslator translator;
+	// look up e.g. :/translations/edb_{lang}.qm
+	if (translator.load(QLocale(), QLatin1String("edb"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/translations"))) {
+		qApp->installTranslator(&translator);
+	}
 }
 
 // See QtCreator: src/libs/utils/theme/theme.cpp
diff --git a/src/res/translations/.gitkeep b/src/res/translations/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb