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Known results:
Known results:<br>
"frFR": french
"frFR": french<br>
"deDE": german
"deDE": german<br>
"enUS": english
"enUS": American english<br>
"koKR": korean
"enUK": British english<br>
"zhCN": chinese (simplified)
"koKR": korean<br>
"zhTW": chinese (traditional)
"zhCN": chinese (simplified)<br>
"zhTW": chinese (traditional)<br>
"ruRU": russian (UI AddOn)
"ruRU": russian (UI AddOn)

Revision as of 03:06, 21 December 2005

Taken from http://forums.curse-gaming.com/showthread.php?p=1777#post1777

The locale is what makes it possible to know what language the interface is using and thus determine which specific code is going to be executed in a localized addon.

typically, this is used in a GetLocale block:

Code:


if (GetLocale() == "frFR") then

   -- things for the french client

else

   -- for the rest, usually english since it's the default language

end



Known results:
"frFR": french
"deDE": german
"enUS": American english
"enUK": British english
"koKR": korean
"zhCN": chinese (simplified)
"zhTW": chinese (traditional)
"ruRU": russian (UI AddOn)