Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-util-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-util-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.32.2.4 -r1.32.2.5
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-util-procs.tcl	23 Aug 2004 13:45:49 -0000	1.32.2.4
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-util-procs.tcl	27 Aug 2004 06:17:35 -0000	1.32.2.5
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@
     return $number_of_replacements
 }   
 
-ad_proc -public lang::util::localize { 
+ad_proc -public lang::util::localize {
+    {-locale ""}
     string_with_hashes
 } {
     Takes a string with embedded message keys on the format #message_key_name#
@@ -325,6 +326,10 @@
         return $string_with_hashes
     }
 
+    if {[string equal "" $locale]} {   
+         set locale [ad_conn locale]   
+    } 
+
     set indices_list [get_hash_indices $string_with_hashes]
     
     set subst_string ""
@@ -336,7 +341,7 @@
         set message_key [string range $replacement_string 1 [expr [string length $replacement_string] - 2]]
 
         # Attempt a message lookup
-        set message_value [lang::message::lookup [ad_conn locale] $message_key "" "" 2]
+        set message_value [lang::message::lookup $locale $message_key "" "" 2]
         
         # Replace the string
         # LARS: We don't use regsub here, because regsub interprets certain characters