server: Set up early initialization of i18n

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
 
@@ -57,18 +56,7 @@ async function startTrilium() {
      */
     if (utils.isElectron()) {
         (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));