From 9ceace2a47f81eafbe47993fabbc8acaf49386ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Roszko <mark.roszko@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:08:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add share/locale to catalog paths on windows

(cherry picked from commit fc62d36441ae477f7ec804ac0ad49965dacf525a)
---
 common/paths.cpp    | 11 +++++++++++
 common/pgm_base.cpp |  4 ++++
 include/paths.h     |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/common/paths.cpp b/common/paths.cpp
index 635478d2c9..391a079eb0 100644
--- a/common/paths.cpp
+++ b/common/paths.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@ wxString PATHS::GetStockDataPath( bool aRespectRunFromBuildDir )
 }
 
 
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+/**
+ * Gets the stock (install) data path, which is the base path for things like scripting, etc
+ */
+wxString PATHS::GetWindowsBaseSharePath()
+{
+    return getWindowsKiCadRoot() + wxT( "share\\" );
+}
+#endif
+
+
 wxString PATHS::GetStockEDALibraryPath()
 {
     wxString path;
diff --git a/common/pgm_base.cpp b/common/pgm_base.cpp
index 8899927df2..86e2ac51ed 100644
--- a/common/pgm_base.cpp
+++ b/common/pgm_base.cpp
@@ -814,6 +814,10 @@ wxString PGM_BASE::GetLanguageTag()
 
 void PGM_BASE::SetLanguagePath()
 {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    wxLocale::AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix( PATHS::GetWindowsBaseSharePath()
+                                                  + wxT( "locale" ) );
+#endif
     wxLocale::AddCatalogLookupPathPrefix( PATHS::GetLocaleDataPath() );
 
     if( wxGetEnv( wxT( "KICAD_RUN_FROM_BUILD_DIR" ), nullptr ) )
diff --git a/include/paths.h b/include/paths.h
index 7dfa9f5d1d..e84398a501 100644
--- a/include/paths.h
+++ b/include/paths.h
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ public:
      * @return The macOS specific bundle data directory for KiCad
      */
     static wxString GetWindowsFontConfigDir();
+
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the stock (install) data path, which is the base path for things like scripting, etc
+     */
+    static wxString GetWindowsBaseSharePath();
 #endif
 
 private: