Why not a provider

[mallowigi]

Why is the gettextCatalog a service and not a provider? It seems logical to set the currentLanguage at the config phase instead of the run phase, is it not?

[ni-ka]

+1
this causes problems if you want to use the gettext function in a service (for example containing enums), as it is difficult to have the language set before.

[rubenv]

Because we want to allow run-time language switching.

[mallowigi]

But with a provider you can do both.

[rubenv]

If you can make it backwards compatible: sure, why not. Feel free to send a pull request.

[gabegorelick]

@mallowigi Please take a look at #140 and make sure it works for you. Thanks.

[Yankovsky]

+1 I need to set translated texts to other providers, e.g. angular-bootstrap: