Fix the locale error on setup

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/portato.py b/portato.py
index ada2699..800698a 100755
--- a/portato.py
+++ b/portato.py
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import subprocess, threading
 import atexit
 from optparse import OptionParser, SUPPRESS_HELP
 
-from portato import get_listener, log
+from portato import get_listener, log, start
 from portato.helper import debug, info
 from portato.constants import VERSION, SU_COMMAND
 
 def main ():
+    start() # the first thing to do :)
+
     # build the parser
     desc = "Portato - A Portage GUI."
     usage = "%prog [options] [frontend]"
diff --git a/portato/__init__.py b/portato/__init__.py
index fb2ed9f..63fd494 100644
--- a/portato/__init__.py
+++ b/portato/__init__.py
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from . import log
-import gettext, locale
-from portato.constants import LOCALE_DIR, APP
+def start():
+    from . import log
+    import gettext, locale
+    from portato.constants import LOCALE_DIR, APP
 
-# set gettext stuff
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
-gettext.install(APP, LOCALE_DIR, unicode = True)
+    # set gettext stuff
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+    gettext.install(APP, LOCALE_DIR, unicode = True)
 
-# start logging
-log.start(file=False)
+    # start logging
+    log.start(file=False)
 
 # listener-handling
 __listener = None