From 33033f670ec89124cdbb9458ed2a1720d3ec0f3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "NGnius (Graham)" <ngniusness@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:43:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use plugin dir for locating translations without janky path
 passthru from front

---
 usdpl-back/README.md       | 4 ++++
 usdpl-back/src/instance.rs | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/usdpl-back/README.md b/usdpl-back/README.md
index 73cdd4c..500e456 100644
--- a/usdpl-back/README.md
+++ b/usdpl-back/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ Targets x86_64 (native Steam Deck ISA).
 
 This is a minimalist web server for handling events from the front-end.
 
+## Translations
+
+Translations are expected to be in `<path to plugin>/translations/`, in compiled gettext format (`.mo`).
+
diff --git a/usdpl-back/src/instance.rs b/usdpl-back/src/instance.rs
index 76f64f3..7dd842e 100644
--- a/usdpl-back/src/instance.rs
+++ b/usdpl-back/src/instance.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ fn get_all_translations(language: String) -> Vec<(String, Vec<String>)> {
 
 #[cfg(feature = "translate")]
 fn load_locale(lang: &str) -> Result<gettext_ng::Catalog, gettext_ng::Error> {
-    let file = std::fs::File::open(lang).map_err(|e| gettext_ng::Error::Io(e))?;
+    let path = crate::api::dirs::plugin().unwrap_or_else(|| "".into()).join("translations").join(format!("{}.mo", lang));
+    let file = std::fs::File::open(path).map_err(|e| gettext_ng::Error::Io(e))?;
     gettext_ng::Catalog::parse(file)
 }