trying to fix issue of
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=8E2HMww3
(unicode decode error during language logging)
all str config values are now unicode so is the locale
improved locale handling
this is now trial and error
add init.ubuntu script (donna how to test this :/)
ignore .idea
add the status name as a class to the dropdown
set pylint home environment variable

fixes #99
Merge branch 'master' into develop