M src/FbTk/FbString.cc → src/FbTk/FbString.cc

@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ #endif // HAVE_ICONV
 
 /// Initialise all of the iconv conversion descriptors
 void init() {
+    static bool s_init = false;
+    if (s_init)
+        return;
+    s_init = true;
+
     iconv_convs = new iconv_t[CONVSIZE];
 
     setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");

M src/FbTk/I18n.cc → src/FbTk/I18n.cc

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 namespace FbTk {
 
 void NLSInit(const char *catalog) {
+    FbStringUtil::init();
     I18n *i18n = I18n::instance();
     i18n->openCatalog(catalog);
 }