Ok, got this one figured out, posting here if someone hits the same wall. The pre-installed gettext on the mac is version .10 something. gettext support for python is >.12 so you must install a newer version.
installed it from darwin ports and it worked like a charm. cheers arthur --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---