old_contents: # Copyright 2017 Canonical, Ltd.
  #
  # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
  # published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
  #
  # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  
  
  import gettext
  import os
  import syslog
  
  syslog.syslog('i18n file is ' + __file__)
  localedir = '/usr/share/locale'
  if __file__.startswith('/snap/'):
      localedir = os.path.realpath(__file__ + '/../../../../../share/locale')
  build_mo = os.path.realpath(__file__ + '/../../build/mo/')
  if os.path.isdir(build_mo):
      localedir = build_mo
  syslog.syslog('Final localedir is ' + localedir)
  
  def switch_language(code='en_US'):
      if code != 'en_US' and 'FAKE_TRANSLATE' in os.environ:
          import builtins
          builtins.__dict__['_'] = lambda a: '_(%s)' % a
      elif code:
          translation = gettext.translation('subiquity', localedir=localedir, languages=[code])
          translation.install()
  
  switch_language()
  
  __all__ = ['switch_language']
  
new_contents: # Copyright 2017 Canonical, Ltd.
  #
  # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
  # published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
  #
  # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  
  
  import gettext
  import os
  import syslog
  
  syslog.syslog('i18n file is ' + __file__)
  localedir = '/usr/share/locale'
  if __file__.startswith('/snap/'):
      localedir = os.path.realpath(__file__ + '/../../../../../share/locale')
  build_mo = os.path.realpath(__file__ + '/../../build/mo/')
  if os.path.isdir(build_mo):
      localedir = build_mo
  syslog.syslog('Final localedir is ' + localedir)
  
  def switch_language(code='en_US'):
      if code != 'en_US' and 'FAKE_TRANSLATE' in os.environ:
          def my_gettext(message):
              return "_(%s)" % message
      elif code:
          translation = gettext.translation('subiquity', localedir=localedir, languages=[code])
          def my_gettext(message):
              if not message:
                  return message
              return translation.gettext(message)
      import builtins
      builtins.__dict__['_'] = my_gettext
  
  switch_language()
  
  __all__ = ['switch_language']
  
subject: work around strange behaviour of _("")