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mweissen •

I like the amount very much and that's why I wanted to try the program right away. I tried it and spent a few hours in the process. Unfortunately, I could not solve the following problems:

(1) I get:
getContext is not defined (index.ts:31) Where should getContext be defined?

(2) "To wire it up, you need to call the initLocalizationContext function from the root of your application (usually App.svelte)." I put this in the index.svelte file:

<svelte:head>
    <script>
        import { initLocalizationContext } from "../i18n/index.ts";
        initLocalizationContext();      
    </script>
</svelte:head>
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Does this fit?

(3) Is the complete program as described in the post available somewhere to try?

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Sébastien Belzile •

(1) Where should getContext be defined?

getContext is provided by Svelte.
Link to documentation: svelte.dev/tutorial/context-api
So, import { getContext } from 'svelte';

(2) Does it fit?

index.svelte is fine, though I don't think it should go inside a <svelte:head> tag.

I would place that in the Svelte script section of your file, not in the markup. (add the script tag directly to the root)

<script>
    import { initLocalizationContext } from "../i18n/index.ts";
    initLocalizationContext();      
</script>

<svelte:head>
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(3) Is the complete program as described in the post available somewhere to try?

Unfortunately it is not, all the snippets are adapted copies of a non-public codebase I worked on.

I encourage you to go through the tutorial on the Svelte site: svelte.dev/tutorial/basics . It does not take long to complete and shows very well most of Svelte features. I feel like this page svelte.dev/tutorial/adding-data and this page svelte.dev/tutorial/context-api could have provided answers your questions.