--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/19 17:19:48	1.726
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2008/12/23 19:22:13	1.728
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.726 2008/12/19 17:19:48 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.728 2008/12/23 19:22:13 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2717,6 +2717,43 @@ sub flush_email_cache {
     &Apache::lonnet::devalidate_cache_new('emailscache',$id);
 }
 
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- getlangs
+
+=pod
+
+=item * &getlangs($uname,$udom)
+
+Gets a user's language preference and returns it as a hash with key:
+language.
+
+=cut
+
+
+sub getlangs {
+    my ($uname,$udom) = @_;
+    if (!$udom)  { $udom =$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'};   }
+    my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    my ($langs,$cached)=&Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('userlangs',$id);
+    if ($cached) {
+        return %{$langs};
+    } else {
+        my %loadlangs=&Apache::lonnet::get('environment',['languages'],
+                                           $udom,$uname);
+        &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('userlangs',$id,\%loadlangs);
+        return %loadlangs;
+    }
+}
+
+sub flush_langs_cache {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    if (!$udom)  { $udom =$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'};   }
+    return if ($udom eq 'public' && $uname eq 'public');
+    my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    &Apache::lonnet::devalidate_cache_new('userlangs',$id);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ Screenname
 
 =pod
@@ -7943,7 +7980,7 @@ sub upfile_select_html {
 #                 xml   => &mt('HTML/XML'),
                  );
     my $Str = '<input type="file" name="upfile" size="50" />'.
-        '<br />Type: <select name="upfiletype">';
+        '<br />'.&mt('Type').': <select name="upfiletype">';
     foreach my $type (sort(keys(%Types))) {
         $Str .= '<option value="'.$type.'" >'.$Types{$type}."</option>\n";
     }