Added an initialization function, which must be called at every entry point of the...

[rodin/chimara.git] / libchimara / init.c

diff --git a/libchimara/init.c b/libchimara/init.c
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+#include <config.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>
+
+static gboolean chimara_initialized = FALSE;
+
+/* This function is called at every entry point of the library, to set up
+threads and gettext. It is NOT called from Glk functions. */
+void
+chimara_init(void)
+{
+       if( G_UNLIKELY(!chimara_initialized) )
+       {
+               /* Setup gettext */
+               bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+               bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
+               
+               /* Make sure threads have been initialized */
+               if(!g_thread_supported())
+                       g_error(_("In order to use the Chimara library, you must initialize"
+                               " the thread system by calling g_threads_init() and "
+                               "gdk_threads_init() BEFORE the initial call to gtk_init() in "
+                               "your main program."));
+               
+               /* Initialize thread-private data */
+               extern GPrivate *glk_data_key;
+               glk_data_key = g_private_new(NULL);
+       }
+}
+