From 6d98cda03cc759fb1d60b15684dc7b969abf5477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Meers Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:20:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #15830 -- Add documentation regarding localflavor i18n. Thanks framos. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@16109 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 f27f57c8b0..828f2e0a79 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/localflavor.txt @@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ 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 ==============