Start of Translations

- This is the start of the translations system, does not yet work as I can't seem to get it to swap languages, I too tired today to fix it but it's a start.
- It also adds properties registration as well.

__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 if "bpy" not in locals():
     import bpy
     from . import ui
@@ -7,28 +5,27 @@ if "bpy" not in locals():
     from . import functions
     from .core import register
     from .core.register import __bl_ordered_classes
+    from .core import properties
 else:
     import importlib
     importlib.reload(ui)
     importlib.reload(core)
     importlib.reload(functions)
-
+    importlib.reload(properties)
 
 def register():
     print("Registering Avatar Toolkit")
-    # Order the classes before registration
+    properties.register()
     core.register.order_classes()
-    # Register the UI classes
+    core.register.register_properties()
-    
+    for cls in core.register.__bl_ordered_classes:
-    # Iterate over the classes to register and register them
+        print("registering " + str(cls))
-    for cls in __bl_ordered_classes:
+        bpy.utils.register_class(cls)
-        print("registering" + str(cls))
+
-        bpy.utils.register_class(cls)   
 def unregister():
     print("Unregistering Avatar Toolkit")
-    # Unregister the UI classes
+    for cls in reversed(core.register.__bl_ordered_classes):
-    
-    # Iterate over the classes to unregister in reverse order and unregister them
-    for cls in reversed(list(__bl_ordered_classes)):
         bpy.utils.unregister_class(cls)
-        print("unregistering" + str(cls))
+        print("unregistering " + str(cls))
+    core.register.unregister_properties()
+    properties.unregister()

core/properties.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import bpy
+from ..functions.translations import t, get_languages_list, update_ui
+from ..core.register import register_property
+from typing import Tuple
+
+def register() -> None:
+    register_property((bpy.types.Scene, "language", bpy.props.EnumProperty(
+        name=t("Settings.language.label"),
+        description=t("Settings.language.desc"),
+        items=get_languages_list,
+        update=update_ui
+    )))
+
+def unregister() -> None:
+    pass

core/register.py

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import typing
 __bl_classes = []
 # List to store the ordered classes for registration
 __bl_ordered_classes = []
+# List to store props to register
+__bl_props = []
 
 def register_wrap(cls):
     # Check if the class has a 'bl_rna' attribute (indicating it's a Blender class)
@@ -13,6 +15,17 @@ def register_wrap(cls):
         __bl_classes.append(cls)
     return cls
 
+# Register all properties
+def register_property(prop):
+    __bl_props.append(prop)
+
+def register_properties():
+    for prop in __bl_props:
+        setattr(prop[0], prop[1], prop[2])
+
+def unregister_properties():
+    for prop in reversed(__bl_props):
+        delattr(prop[0], prop[1])
 
 #- @989onan had to add this from Cats. This is extremely important else you will be screamed at by register order issues!
 # Find order to register to solve dependencies

functions/translations.py

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import os
+import json
+import bpy
+from bpy.app.translations import locale
+from ..core.register import register_wrap
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+
+main_dir: str = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+resources_dir: str = os.path.join(main_dir, "resources")
+translations_dir: str = os.path.join(resources_dir, "translations")
+
+dictionary: Dict[str, str] = dict()
+languages: List[str] = []
+verbose: bool = True
+
+def load_translations() -> None:
+    global dictionary, languages
+
+    dictionary = dict()
+    languages = ["auto"]
+
+    language: str = bpy.context.preferences.view.language
+
+    for i in os.listdir(translations_dir):
+        languages.append(i.split(".")[0])
+
+    translation_file: str = os.path.join(translations_dir, language + ".json")
+    if os.path.exists(translation_file):
+        with open(translation_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+            dictionary = json.load(file)["messages"]
+    else:
+        custom_language: str = language.split("_")[0]
+        custom_translation_file: str = os.path.join(translations_dir, custom_language + ".json")
+        if os.path.exists(custom_translation_file):
+            with open(custom_translation_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+                dictionary = json.load(file)["messages"]
+        else:
+            print(f"Translation file not found for language: {language}")
+            default_file: str = os.path.join(translations_dir, "en_US.json")
+            if os.path.exists(default_file):
+                with open(default_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
+                    dictionary = json.load(file)["messages"]
+            else:
+                print("Default translation file 'en_US.json' not found.")
+
+def t(phrase: str, *args, **kwargs) -> str:
+    output: str = dictionary.get(phrase)
+    if output is None:
+        if verbose:
+            print('Warning: Unknown phrase: ' + phrase)
+        return phrase
+    return output.format(*args, **kwargs)
+
+def get_languages_list(self, context) -> List[Tuple[str, str, str]]:
+    choices: List[Tuple[str, str, str]] = []
+    for language in languages:
+        choices.append((language, language, language))
+    return choices
+
+def update_ui(self, context) -> None:
+    load_translations()
+    bpy.ops.wm.redraw_timer(type='DRAW_WIN_SWAP', iterations=1)
+
+load_translations()

resources/translations/en_US.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "messages": {
+      "Settings.label": "Settings",
+      "Settings.language.label": "Language",
+      "Settings.language.desc": "Select the language for the addon's UI"
+    }
+  }
+  
+  

resources/translations/ja_JP.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "messages": {
+      "Settings.label": "Settings Ja Test",
+      "Settings.language.label": "Language Ja Test",
+      "Settings.language.desc": "Select the language for the addon's UI Ja Test"
+    }
+  }
+  

ui/__init__.py

@@ -13,7 +13,3 @@ else:
     for module_name in [ basename(f)[:-3] for f in modules if isfile(f) and not f.endswith('__init__.py')]:
         print("reloading " +module_name)
         exec("importlib.reload("+module_name+")")
-        
-    
-    
-

ui/settings.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import bpy
+from ..core.register import register_wrap
+from .panel import AvatarToolkitPanel
+from ..functions.translations import t
+
+@register_wrap
+class AvatarToolkitSettingsPanel(bpy.types.Panel):
+    bl_label = t("Settings.label")
+    bl_idname = "OBJECT_PT_avatar_toolkit_settings"
+    bl_space_type = 'VIEW_3D'
+    bl_region_type = 'UI'
+    bl_category = "Avatar Toolkit"
+    bl_parent_id = "OBJECT_PT_avatar_toolkit"
+
+    def draw(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout
+        props = context.scene
+
+        layout.prop(props, "language")