commit 18ea1508c281ae29c6f3209ec8bfe1b2b10b2eb1
Author: Ahmed Siam <aahs.coder@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 12 16:28:45 2023 +0200

    Initial commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.res
+.vscode
+icuformat
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# icuformat
+
+Note: instructions expect that you are in linux and installed icu.
+
+## How to build
+```
+g++ icuformat.cpp -o icuformat `pkg-config --libs --cflags icu-uc icu-i18n icu-io`
+genrb -d locales ./locales/*.txt
+```
+## How to use
+follow build instructions then run by executing:
+```
+./icuformat key args
+```
+you can also use `test.sh`
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diff --git a/icuformat.cpp b/icuformat.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <unicode/ustream.h>
+#include <unicode/resbund.h>
+#include <unicode/locid.h>
+#include <unicode/ustring.h>
+#include <unicode/msgfmt.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    
+    if (argc == 1) {
+        std::cout << "USAGE: icuformat <key> <args>\n";
+        return 0;
+    }
+    
+    UErrorCode status1 = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+    UErrorCode status2 = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+
+    icu::UnicodeString output;
+
+    icu::Locale system_local {};
+
+    icu::ResourceBundle my_resource("./locales", system_local.getName(), status1);
+    if (!U_SUCCESS(status1)) {
+        std::cout << "Error in accessing locales directory!" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    icu::ResourceBundle pattern = my_resource.get(argv[1], status1);
+    if (!U_SUCCESS(status1)) {
+        std::cout << "Error: key not found!" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::vector<icu::Formattable> arguments;
+    for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
+        arguments.push_back(argv[i]);
+    }
+    
+    icu::MessageFormat::format(pattern.getString(status1), arguments.data(), (argc - 2), output, status2);
+    if(!U_SUCCESS(status1)) {
+        std::cout << "Error in getting key text!" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if (!U_SUCCESS(status2)) {
+        std::cout << "Error in formatting output!" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    std::cout << output;
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/locales/en.txt b/locales/en.txt
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+en {
+}
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diff --git a/locales/root.txt b/locales/root.txt
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+root {
+  hello_message { "Hello World\n" }
+  apertium_usage {
+    "USAGE: {0} [-d datadir] [-f format] [-u] <direction> [in [out]]\n"
+    " -d datadir       directory of linguistic data\n"
+    " -f format        one of: txt (default), html, rtf, odt, odp, docx, wxml, xlsx, pptx,\n"
+    "                  xpresstag, html-noent, html-alt, latex, latex-raw, line\n"
+    " -a               display ambiguity\n"
+    " -u               don\'t display marks \'*\' for unknown words\n"
+    " -n               don\'t insert period before possible sentence-ends\n"
+    " -m memory.tmx    use a translation memory to recycle translations\n"
+    " -o direction     translation direction using the translation memory,\n"
+    "                  by default \'direction\' is used instead\n"
+    " -l               lists the available translation directions and exits\n"
+    " -V               print Apertium version\n"
+    " -z               force null-flush mode on all parts of the pipe\n"
+    " direction        typically, LANG1-LANG2, but see modes.xml in language data\n"
+    " in               input file (stdin by default)\n"
+    " out              output file (stdout by default)\n"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+./icuformat apertium_usage "$(basename "$0")"
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