server: Set up early initialization of i18n

electron.ts

@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ electron.app.on("will-quit", () => {
 // this is to disable electron warning spam in the dev console (local development only)
 process.env["ELECTRON_DISABLE_SECURITY_WARNINGS"] = "true";
 
-await import('./src/www.js');
+await import('./src/main.js');

package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   },
   "copyright": "",
   "bin": {
-    "trilium": "src/www.js"
+    "trilium": "src/main.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "start-server": "cross-env TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 nodemon src/www.ts",
-    "start-server-safe": "cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 nodemon src/www.ts",
-    "start-server-no-dir": "cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 nodemon src/www.ts",
-    "start-test-server": "npm run switch-server; rimraf ./data-test; cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data-test TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_PORT=9999 ts-node src/www.ts",
+    "start-server": "cross-env TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 nodemon src/main.ts",
+    "start-server-safe": "cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 nodemon src/main.ts",
+    "start-server-no-dir": "cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 nodemon src/main.ts",
+    "start-test-server": "npm run switch-server; rimraf ./data-test; cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data-test TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_PORT=9999 ts-node src/main.ts",
     "qstart-server": "npm run switch-server && npm run start-server",
     "start-electron": "npm run prepare-dist && cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./data TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 TRILIUM_ENV=dev electron ./dist/electron.js --inspect=5858 .",
     "start-electron-no-dir": "cross-env TRILIUM_SAFE_MODE=1 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_SYNC_SERVER_HOST=http://tsyncserver:4000 electron --inspect=5858 .",
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
     "prepare-dist": "rimraf ./dist && tsc && tsx ./bin/copy-dist.ts",
     "update-build-info": "tsx bin/update-build-info.ts",
     "errors": "tsc --watch --noEmit",
-    "integration-edit-db": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=edit TRILIUM_PORT=8081 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/www.ts",
-    "integration-mem-db": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=memory TRILIUM_PORT=8082 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/www.ts",
-    "integration-mem-db-dev": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=memory TRILIUM_PORT=8082 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/www.ts",
+    "integration-edit-db": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=edit TRILIUM_PORT=8081 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/main.ts",
+    "integration-mem-db": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=memory TRILIUM_PORT=8082 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/main.ts",
+    "integration-mem-db-dev": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=memory TRILIUM_PORT=8082 TRILIUM_ENV=dev TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/main.ts",
     "generate-document": "cross-env nodemon src/tools/generate_document.ts 1000"
   },
   "dependencies": {

src/main.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import i18next from "i18next";
+import Backend from "i18next-fs-backend";
+/*
+ * Make sure not to import any modules that depend on localized messages via i18next here, as the initializations
+ * are loaded later and will result in an empty string.
+ */
+
+async function initializeTranslations() {
+    // Initialize translations
+    await i18next.use(Backend).init({
+        lng: "ro",
+        fallbackLng: "en",
+        ns: "server",
+        backend: {
+            loadPath: "translations/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json"
+        },
+        debug: true
+    });
+}
+
+async function startApplication() {
+    await import("./www.js");
+}
+
+await initializeTranslations();
+await startApplication();

src/services/keyboard_actions.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import optionService from "./options.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
 import utils from "./utils.js";
 import { KeyboardShortcut } from './keyboard_actions_interface.js';
+import { t } from "i18next";
 
 const isMac = process.platform === "darwin";
 const isElectron = utils.isElectron();
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ const isElectron = utils.isElectron();
 
 const DEFAULT_KEYBOARD_ACTIONS: KeyboardShortcut[] = [
     {
-        separator: "Note navigation"
+        separator: t("keyboard-actions.note-navigation")
     },
     {
         actionName: "backInNoteHistory",

src/www.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
+
 import app from "./app.js";
 import sessionParser from "./routes/session_parser.js";
 import fs from "fs";
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@ import utils from "./services/utils.js";
 import port from "./services/port.js";
 import host from "./services/host.js";
 import semver from "semver";
-import i18next from "i18next";
-import Backend from "i18next-fs-backend";
 
 // setup basic error handling even before requiring dependencies, since those can produce errors as well
 
@@ -59,17 +58,6 @@ async function startTrilium() {
         (await import('electron')).app.requestSingleInstanceLock();
     }   
 
-    // Initialize translations
-    i18next.use(Backend).init({
-        lng: "ro",
-        fallbackLng: "en",
-        ns: "server",
-        backend: {
-            loadPath: "translations/{{lng}}/{{ns}}.json"
-        },
-        debug: true
-    });
-
     log.info(JSON.stringify(appInfo, null, 2));
 
     // for perf. issues it's good to know the rough configuration