Merged the wxPy_newswig branch into the HEAD branch (main trunk)

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@24541 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

wxPython/src/_intl_ex.py

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+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# wxGTK sets the locale when initialized.  Doing this at the Python
+# level should set it up to match what GTK is doing at the C level.
+if wx.Platform == "__WXGTK__":
+    try:
+        import locale
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
+    except:
+        pass
+
+# On MSW add the directory where the wxWindows catalogs were installed
+# to the default catalog path.
+if wx.Platform == "__WXMSW__":
+    import os
+    localedir = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], "locale")
+    Locale_AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix(localedir)
+    del os
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------