For some scripts it is necessary to display messages in the native language.
For that we can read the language setting in the camera via propertycase. Here is a little function for multilingual support in scripts.
-- get language
function get_language()
--available language definitions in script are true
local language = {}
language[1] = true --en
language[2] = true --de
language[3] = false --fr
language[11] = false --es
language[13] = false --ru
--for more see: [url]http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/PropertyCase[/url]
local lng
if get_propset() == 1 then
lng = get_prop(196)/256 -- 1/2 en, 257/258 de, 513/514 fr, 2305/2306 es, 2817/2818 ru
if lng > 7 then lng = lng + 1 end -- ukrainian not in propset1
if lng > 22 then lng = lng + 1 end -- romanian not in propset1
else
lng = get_prop(61)/256 -- 0/1 en, 256/257 de, 512/513 fr, 2560/2561 es, 3072/3073 ru
end
lng = lng + 1
--returns language id if true or English as default
return language[lng] and lng or 1
end
lang_id = get_language()
str = {}
str[1] = "English"
str[2] = "Deutsch"
print(str[lang_id])
