KI18n is a cross-platform internationalization framework used by KDE applications. This crate is meant to allow using KI18n with Rust and qmetaobject-rs crate.
I love KDE. I have been using it as my primary DE for quite a while. I also like Rust Programming Language. Currently, it is nearly impossible to use any KDE frameworks from Rust without some C++ FFI. While FFI is never easy, complexity with C++ is exponentially more than plain C due to the Object-Oriented nature of C++, which is entirely different from Rust's somewhat functional design.
If possible, I would like the Tier-1 KDE Frameworks to be usable from pragmatic Rust in a somewhat natural fashion. I am currently interested in KDE frameworks that are usable with QML.
This crate requires KF5I18n to be installed or at least present in the system.
shell
sudo apt install libkf5i18n-dev
shell
sudo pacman -S ki18n
The crate searches from KF5I18n using either the environment variables (KF5I18nINCLUDEPATH and KF5I18nLIBRARYPATH) if they are set or just searches at /usr/include /usr/library
```rust use cstr::cstr; use qmetaobject::prelude::*; use ki18n::KLocalizedContext;
fn main() { let mut engine = QmlEngine::new(); KLocalizedContext::initfromengine(&engine); engine.load_data(r#" import QtQuick 2.6 import QtQuick.Controls 2.0 as Controls import QtQuick.Layouts 1.2 import org.kde.kirigami 2.13 as Kirigami
// Base element, provides basic features needed for all kirigami applications
Kirigami.ApplicationWindow {
// ID provides unique identifier to reference this element
id: root
// Window title
// i18nc is useful for adding context for translators, also lets strings be changed for different languages
title: i18nc("@title:window", "Hello World")
// Initial page to be loaded on app load
pageStack.initialPage: Kirigami.Page {
Controls.Label {
// Center label horizontally and vertically within parent element
anchors.centerIn: parent
text: i18n("Hello World!")
}
}
}
"#.into()); engine.exec(); } ```