Added gettext accessor, and pulled out a few strings in sails new.

bin/sails-new.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var package = require('../package.json')
 	, reportback = require('reportback')()
 	, rc = require('rc')
 	, _ = require('lodash')
+	, gettext = require('../locales/gettext')
 	, sailsgen = require('sails-generate');
 
 
@@ -47,17 +48,15 @@ module.exports = function () {
 	// Peel off the rest of the args
 	scope.args = cliArguments;
 
-	// return sailsgen( scope, reportback.extend({
-	// 	error: reportback.log.error,
-	// 	success: function() {
-	// 		util.format(require('.'))
-	// 		'Created a new sails app `' + scope.appName + '` at ' + scope.appPath + '.'
-	// 		reportback.log.info();
-	// 	},
-	// 	missingAppName: function () {
-	// 		reportback.log.error('Please choose the name or destination path for your new app.');
-	// 	}
-	// }));
+	return sailsgen( scope, reportback.extend({
+		error: reportback.log.error,
+		success: function() {
+			reportback.log.info( gettext(cli.new.success, [scope.appName, scope.appPath]) );
+		},
+		missingAppName: function () {
+			reportback.log.error( gettext(cli.new.missingAppName) );
+		}
+	}));
 };
 
 

locales/en.js

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 /**
- * English stringfile
+ * English stringfile for output messages in the Sails runtime & command-line tool.
+ * 
  * @type {Object}
  */
 module.exports = {
 
 	cli: {
+		new: {
+			success: 'Created a new sails app `%s` at %s.',
+			missingAppName: 'Please choose the name or destination path for your new app.'
+		},
 		invalid: 'Sorry, I don\'t understand what that means.',
 		toGetHelp: 'To get help using the Sails command-line tool, run:\n` $ sails --help `'
 	},

locales/gettext.js

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Module dependencies
+ */
+var util = require('util');
+
+
+/**
+ * Look up a string by name, using environment variable
+ * to detect the appropriate locale.
+ * If a stringfile doesn't exist, default to `en`.
+ *
+ * @api experimental
+ *
+ * @address {String} keypath    [e.g. 'cli.new.successful']
+ * @address {Object} args       [ordered scope args for `util.format()`]
+ * @return {String}
+ */
+module.exports = function getString (keypath, args) {
+
+	var locale =
+	process.env.LANGUAGE    ||
+	process.env.LC_ALL      ||
+	process.env.LC_MESSAGES ||
+	process.env.LANG        ||
+	'en';
+	locale = locale.toLowerCase();
+
+	// Just to be safe, check that there are no '/'
+	// (in case an attacker attempts to use environment
+	// variables to load malicious code)
+	if (locale.match(/[^\/]+/)) return util.format('INVALID LOCALE: %s',locale);
+
+	var stringfile;
+	try {
+		stringfile = require('./'+locale);
+	}
+	catch(e) {
+		return util.format(
+		'ERROR LOADING LOCALE: '+
+		'Unable to find stringfile for locale `%s`',
+		locale);
+	}
+
+	var strtemplate = _deepValue(stringfile, keypath);
+	if (!strtemplate) return util.format('STRING `%s` NOT DEFINED IN `%s` LOCALE!',keypath, locale);
+
+	return util.format.apply( null, [strtemplate].concat(args || []));
+};
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @api private
+ *
+ * Lookup a value in an object given a keypath.
+ * 
+ * @param  {Object} object [description]
+ * @param  {String} path   [description]
+ * @return {[type]}        [description]
+ */
+function _deepValue (object, path) {
+	if ('undefined' == typeof object || object === null) {
+		return null;
+	}
+	var val = object;
+	path = path.split('.');
+	while (path.length) {
+		var part = path.shift();
+		if ('undefined' == typeof val[part]) {
+			return null;
+		} else {
+			val = val[part];
+		}
+	}
+	return val;
+}