access to config language setting

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil
My best guess: "MagicMirror/translations/translations.js"

[sdetweil]

@justjim1220 no… that is available translations… I mean the value in config.js

	port: 8086,
	ipWhitelist: [], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	               // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	               // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	               // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",  < ------------ this value
	timeFormat: 12,
  timezone: "Europe/Oslo",
	units: "imperial",

the calendar code uses this value, BUT doesn’t get it config.language is not set (cause config comes from the module block)

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil
from what I can tell, modules containing the ability to change the language have their own translations folder.

Other than that, have you tried language = this.language

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil

NVM, I just tried it and it di not work.

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil

Which calendar module are you referring to?

[sdetweil]

@justjim1220 the default calendar module

the code in calendar.js does

	// Set locale.
		moment.updateLocale(this.config.language, this.getLocaleSpecification(this.config.timeFormat));

but it doesn’t have any value for this.config.language

as language is not in the MODULE config…
I also want to set timezone… as the user I am helping cannot get the clock and calendar to sync time offsets

if I copy those values to the calendar config block than they are accessible…

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil

All I can find is to put this in your js file:

getTranslations: function() {
	return {
		en: "translations/en.json",
		de: "translations/de.json"
	}
}

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil

for timezone:
Add this to your defaults in the modules js: timezone: "America/Chicago"

Then add this in the code:

 getScripts: function() {
	return [ 
            "moment.js", "moment-timezone.js"
        ];
},

and this:

var now = moment();
	if (this.config.timezone) {
	now.tz(this.config.timezone);
}

[sdetweil]

@justjim1220 no… you are not understanding me…

how do i get the USERS config for language and timezone? not system time, etc…

user is in Norway…

this.config.language

doesn’t exist in the calendar module… so the set locale will fail…

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil after you add all that I posted, in your config file the use can add the timezone and language they want to use.

{
    module: "calendar",
    position: "top_left",
    config: {
        language: "en",
        timezone: "Norway/Oslo"
    }
},

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil

you will also need to add this to your start section:

/ /Set locale.
moment.updateLocale(config.language, this.getLocaleSpecification(config.timeZone));

[sdetweil]

@justjim1220 but I don’t want to duplicate the language config…

[strawberry 3.141]

@sdetweil the global language is accessible like this config.language see example https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/blob/master/modules/default/clock/clock.js#L49

[justjim1220]

@sdetweil

I just did added this to the calendar config and it changed it automatically:

    {
        module: "calendar",
	position: "top_left",	// This can be any of the regions. Best results in left or right regions.
	config: {
		language: "fr",
		timezone: "France/Paris"
	}
    },

[sdetweil]

@strawberry-3-141 cool, thanks

[cowboysdude]

@sdetweil said in access to config language setting:

@strawberry-3-141 cool, thanks

The kid knows his stuff! He’s a good guy! Matter of fact he gave me this to add to my module if it’s of any help :)

I use this under the start: function()

  this.config.lang = this.config.lang || config.language; //automatically overrides and sets 
     language :)      
  this.config.units = this.config.units || config.units;

[justbob]

Sorry for necroing this post, but from all I’ve read so far, this came up with most relevant information and solutions.

My question is this - is there a reason why the language change via config was never incorporated in this module?

[sdetweil]

@justbob what module? this was a general question, not tied to any module

[justbob]

@sdetweil You mentioned default calendar module, and there were talks about default clock, so my questions referred to those…

[sdetweil]

@justbob what do you mean language change?

the modules use the default translations

set by changing language line 33 of the config.js.sample