From 637cf5de3a5f6666b6d4527b7dcb0c76dd5e0595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Meers Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:23:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [1.3.X] Fixed #15830 -- Add documentation regarding localflavor i18n. Thanks framos. Backport of r16109 from trunk. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.3.X@16110 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt index f54341ee6e..fa92cb96f5 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt @@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ Here's an example of how to use them:: .. _United States of America: `United States of America (us)`_ .. _Uruguay: `Uruguay (uy)`_ +Internationalization of localflavor +=================================== + +Localflavor has its own catalog of translations, in the directory +``django/contrib/localflavor/locale``, and it's not loaded automatically like +Django's general catalog in ``django/conf/locale``. If you want localflavor's +texts to be translated, like form fields error messages, you must include +:mod:`django.contrib.localflavor` in the :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` setting, so +the internationalization system can find the catalog, as explained in +:ref:`using-translations-in-your-own-projects`. + Adding flavors ==============