add language blocks

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gui.js b/gui.js
index 6af9137..4c9ee00 100644
--- a/gui.js
+++ b/gui.js
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.init = function (isAutoFill) {
     MorphicPreferences.globalFontFamily = 'Helvetica, Arial';
 
     // restore saved user preferences
-    this.userLanguage = null; // user language preference for startup
+    this.userLanguage = null;
     this.applySavedSettings();
 
     // additional properties:
@@ -3417,6 +3417,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.setLanguage = function (lang, callback) {
     if (lang === 'en') {
         return this.reflectLanguage('en', callback);
     }
+    myself.userLanguage = lang;
     translation = document.createElement('script');
     translation.id = 'language';
     translation.onload = function () {
diff --git a/objects.js b/objects.js
index fbb9e84..4c0e862 100644
--- a/objects.js
+++ b/objects.js
@@ -878,6 +878,11 @@ SpriteMorph.prototype.initBlocks = function () {
             category: 'sensing',
             spec: 'current %dates'
         },
+        reportLanguage: {
+            type: 'reporter',
+            category: 'sensing',
+            spec: 'language'
+        },
 
         // Operators
         reifyScript: {
@@ -1884,6 +1889,8 @@ SpriteMorph.prototype.blockTemplates = function (category) {
         blocks.push(block('doSetFastTracking'));
         blocks.push('-');
         blocks.push(block('reportDate'));
+        blocks.push('-');
+        blocks.push(block('reportLanguage'));
 
     // for debugging: ///////////////
 
@@ -4991,6 +4998,8 @@ StageMorph.prototype.blockTemplates = function (category) {
         blocks.push(block('doSetFastTracking'));
         blocks.push('-');
         blocks.push(block('reportDate'));
+        blocks.push('-');
+        blocks.push(block('reportLanguage'));
 
     // for debugging: ///////////////
 
diff --git a/threads.js b/threads.js
index 335b5d0..51d1c9f 100644
--- a/threads.js
+++ b/threads.js
@@ -2572,6 +2572,17 @@ Process.prototype.reportTimer = function () {
     return 0;
 };
 
+Process.prototype.reportLanguage = function () {
+    var ide = this.homeContext.receiver.parentThatIsA(IDE_Morph);
+    if (ide) {
+        var lang = ide.userLanguage;
+        if (lang) {
+            return lang;
+        }
+    }
+    return 'en';
+};
+
 // Process Dates and times in Snap
 // Map block options to built-in functions
 var dateMap = {