From c252ed506eb8324fbdea4b632116c2c7d06a8c9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lisacvuk <lisacvukhome@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 08:56:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] CSM: Add a way to get current locale from CSM

---
 doc/client_lua_api.md           | 1 +
 src/script/lua_api/l_client.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 src/script/lua_api/l_client.h   | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/client_lua_api.md b/doc/client_lua_api.md
index fb00ada66..d8e2da69c 100644
--- a/doc/client_lua_api.md
+++ b/doc/client_lua_api.md
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ Minetest namespace reference
 ### Utilities
 
 * `minetest.get_current_modname()`: returns the currently loading mod's name, when we are loading a mod
+* `minetest.get_language()`: returns the currently set gettext language.
 * `minetest.get_version()`: returns a table containing components of the
    engine version.  Components:
     * `project`: Name of the project, eg, "Minetest"
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_client.cpp b/src/script/lua_api/l_client.cpp
index ba22a0424..a3605be79 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_client.cpp
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_client.cpp
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ int ModApiClient::l_get_node_or_nil(lua_State *L)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int ModApiClient::l_get_language(lua_State *L)
+{
+	char *locale = setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+	lua_pushstring(L, locale);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int ModApiClient::l_get_wielded_item(lua_State *L)
 {
 	Client *client = getClient(L);
@@ -373,4 +380,5 @@ void ModApiClient::Initialize(lua_State *L, int top)
 	API_FCT(take_screenshot);
 	API_FCT(get_privilege_list);
 	API_FCT(get_builtin_path);
+	API_FCT(get_language);
 }
diff --git a/src/script/lua_api/l_client.h b/src/script/lua_api/l_client.h
index 791038f7d..b0ece7205 100644
--- a/src/script/lua_api/l_client.h
+++ b/src/script/lua_api/l_client.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ private:
 	// get_node(pos)
 	static int l_get_node_or_nil(lua_State *L);
 
+	static int l_get_language(lua_State *L);
+
 	// get_wielded_item()
 	static int l_get_wielded_item(lua_State *L);