--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/cm/views/i18n.py	Mon Nov 23 15:14:29 2009 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from django import http
+from django.utils.translation import check_for_language, activate, to_locale, get_language
+from django.utils.text import javascript_quote
+from django.conf import settings
+import os
+import gettext as gettext_module
+
+# taken from django/views/i18n.py
+# to allow GET change (flickr does it)
+def set_language(request, lang_code):
+    """
+    Redirect to a given url while setting the chosen language in the
+    session or cookie. The url and the language code need to be
+    specified in the request parameters.
+
+    Since this view changes how the user will see the rest of the site, it must
+    only be accessed as a POST request. If called as a GET request, it will
+    redirect to the page in the request (the 'next' parameter) without changing
+    any state.
+    """
+    next = request.REQUEST.get('next', None)
+    if not next:
+        next = request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER', None)
+    if not next:
+        next = '/'
+    response = http.HttpResponseRedirect(next)
+    if request.method == 'GET':
+        #lang_code = request.GET.get('language', None)
+        if lang_code and check_for_language(lang_code):
+            if hasattr(request, 'session'):
+                request.session['django_language'] = lang_code
+            else:
+                response.set_cookie('django_language', lang_code)
+    return response