frontends: define the constants with classes and inheritance instance of using __builtin__

frontends/src/constants.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Primitivus: a SAT frontend
+# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013  Jérôme Poisson (goffi@goffi.org)
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+try:
+    _("dummy")
+except:  # libervia doesn't allow to explicit the exception here
+    _ = lambda text: text
+
+class Const(object):
+
+    # TODO: find a way to merge it with the ones of primitivus and wix
+    PRESENCE = {"": _("Online"),
+                "chat": _("Free for chat"),
+                "away": _("Away from keyboard"),
+                "dnd": _("Do not disturb"),
+                "xa": _("Away")
+                }