Quick fix for i18n

Just use the english locale for now. Load locale data from the
filesystem in the main process and pass it to the renderer preload
script via ipc. Note that we need the locale data to be available by the
time view scripts are loaded.

// FREEBIE

background.html

@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/conversation_controller.js'></script>
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/panel_controller.js'></script>
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/emoji_util.js'></script>
+  <script type='text/javascript' src='js/i18n.js'></script>
 
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/views/whisper_view.js'></script>
   <script type='text/javascript' src='js/views/last_seen_indicator_view.js'></script>

js/chromium.js

@@ -153,17 +153,19 @@
     };
 
     // Translate
+
+    if (window.chrome && window.chrome.i18n) {
       window.i18n = function(message, substitutions) {
-        if (window.chrome && chrome.i18n) {
           return chrome.i18n.getMessage(message, substitutions);
-        }
       };
+
       i18n.getLocale = function() {
           if (window.chrome && chrome.i18n) {
               return chrome.i18n.getUILanguage();
           }
           return 'en';
       };
+    }
 
     extension.install = function(mode) {
         if (mode === 'standalone') {

js/i18n.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * vim: ts=4:sw=4:expandtab
+ */
+;(function() {
+    'use strict';
+    var json = window.env.locale_json;
+    window.i18n = function (message, substitutions) {
+      var s = json[message] ? json[message].message : message;
+      if (substitutions instanceof Array) {
+        substitutions.forEach(function(sub) {
+          s = s.replace(/\$.+?\$/, sub);
+        });
+      } else if (substitutions) {
+        s = s.replace(/\$.+?\$/, substitutions);
+      }
+      return s;
+    };
+
+    i18n.getLocale = function() {
+      return window.env.locale;
+    };
+})();

main.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const url = require('url')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const autoUpdater = require('electron-updater').autoUpdater
 const autoUpdaterInterval = 60 * 60 * 1000;
+const ipc = electron.ipcMain;
 
 app.setAppUserModelId('org.whispersystems.signal-desktop')
 
@@ -47,12 +48,22 @@ function createWindow () {
     }
   })
 
+  // Load locale
+  const locale = 'en'; // FIXME
+  const localeData = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '_locales', locale, 'messages.json'), 'utf-8'))
+  ipc.on('locale-data', function(event, arg) {
+    event.returnValue = localeData;
+  });
+
   // and load the index.html of the app.
   mainWindow.loadURL(url.format({
     pathname: path.join(__dirname, 'background.html'),
     protocol: 'file:',
     slashes: true,
-    query: { node_env: NODE_ENV }
+    query: {
+      node_env: NODE_ENV,
+      locale: locale
+    }
   }))
 
   // Open the DevTools.

preload.js

@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ window.location.search.substring(1).split('&').forEach(function(variable) {
   var pair = variable.split('=');
   env[decodeURIComponent(pair[0])] = decodeURIComponent(pair[1]);
 });
+
+const ipc = require('electron').ipcRenderer
+window.env.locale_json = ipc.sendSync('locale-data');