merge changes from gramps20

svn: r5482

src/TransUtils.py

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+#
+# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2005  Donald N. Allingham
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+from gettext import gettext as _
+
+def strip_context(msgid,sep='|'):
+    """
+    Strip the context used for resolving translation ambiguities.
+    
+    The translation of msgid is returned unless the translation is
+    not available and the msgid contains the separator. In that case,
+    the returned value is the portion of msgid following the last
+    separator. Default separator is '|'.
+
+    @param msgid: The string to translated.
+    @type msgid: unicode
+    @param sep: The separator marking the context.
+    @type sep: unicode
+    @return: Translation or the original with context stripped.
+    @rtype: unicode
+
+    """
+    msgval = _(msgid)
+    sep_idx = msgid.rfind(sep)
+    if msgval == msgid and sep_idx != -1:
+        msgval = msgid[sep_idx+1:]
+    return msgval