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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[a001133] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" xreflabel="Gettext" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 7 | <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext"><primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[5888299] | 13 | <para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and
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| 14 | localization. These allow programs to be compiled with Native Language Support
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| 15 | (NLS), enabling them to output messages in the user's native language.</para>
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| 16 |
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[a001133] | 17 | <segmentedlist>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 20 | <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>55 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 21 | </segmentedlist>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>Gettext installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 25 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils,
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| 26 | Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 27 | </segmentedlist>
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| 28 | </sect2>
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[73aedd1d] | 29 |
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[a001133] | 30 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 31 | <title>Installation of Gettext</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 40 |
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[673b0d8] | 41 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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[8a5f906] | 42 | <userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a very long time, around
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[c3dc67c] | 43 | 7 SBUs.</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 44 |
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[673b0d8] | 45 | <para>Now install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 46 |
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| 47 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | </sect2>
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[6370fa6] | 50 |
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[5888299] | 51 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 52 | <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content"><title>Contents of Gettext</title>
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[673b0d8] | 53 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 54 | <segmentedlist>
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| 55 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 56 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 57 | <seglistitem><seg>autopoint, config.charset, config.rpath, envsubst, gettext,
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| 58 | gettextize, hostname, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen,
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| 59 | msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq,
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| 60 | ngettext, project-id, team-address, trigger, urlget, user-email and xgettext</seg>
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| 61 | <seg>libasprintf[a,so], libgettextlib[a,so], libgettextpo[a,so] and libgettextsrc[a,so]</seg></seglistitem>
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| 62 | </segmentedlist>
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[673b0d8] | 63 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 64 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[673b0d8] | 65 |
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[b8a819f] | 66 | <varlistentry id="autopoint">
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| 67 | <term><command>autopoint</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 68 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 69 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"><primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 70 | <para>copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 73 |
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[b8a819f] | 74 | <varlistentry id="config.charset">
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| 75 | <term><command>config.charset</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 76 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 77 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"><primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 78 | <para>outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases.</para>
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| 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 81 |
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[b8a819f] | 82 | <varlistentry id="config.rpath">
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| 83 | <term><command>config.rpath</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 84 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"><primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 86 | <para>outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the
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| 87 | runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable.</para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </varlistentry>
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| 90 |
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[b8a819f] | 91 | <varlistentry id="envsubst">
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| 92 | <term><command>envsubst</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 93 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 94 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"><primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 95 | <para>substitutes environment variables in shell format strings.</para>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 98 |
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[b8a819f] | 99 | <varlistentry id="gettext">
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| 100 | <term><command>gettext</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 101 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 102 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 103 | <para>translates a natural language message into
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[673b0d8] | 104 | the user's language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 105 | </listitem>
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| 106 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 107 |
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[b8a819f] | 108 | <varlistentry id="gettextize">
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| 109 | <term><command>gettextize</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 110 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 111 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 112 | <para>copies all standard Gettext files into
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[673b0d8] | 113 | the given top-level directory of a package, to begin inter-nationalizing it.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 116 |
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[b8a819f] | 117 | <varlistentry id="hostname-gettext">
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| 118 | <term><command>hostname</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 119 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"><primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 121 | <para>displays a network hostname in various forms.</para>
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| 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 124 |
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[b8a819f] | 125 | <varlistentry id="msgattrib">
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| 126 | <term><command>msgattrib</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 127 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 129 | <para>filters the messages of a translation
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[673b0d8] | 130 | catalog according to their attributes and manipulates the attributes.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 131 | </listitem>
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| 132 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 133 |
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[b8a819f] | 134 | <varlistentry id="msgcat">
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| 135 | <term><command>msgcat</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 136 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 137 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"><primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 138 | <para>concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 141 |
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[b8a819f] | 142 | <varlistentry id="msgcmp">
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| 143 | <term><command>msgcmp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 144 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 146 | <para>compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename>
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[673b0d8] | 147 | files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 150 |
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[b8a819f] | 151 | <varlistentry id="msgcomm">
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| 152 | <term><command>msgcomm</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 153 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 155 | <para>finds the messages that are common to
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[bb55064] | 156 | to the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 159 |
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[b8a819f] | 160 | <varlistentry id="msgconv">
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| 161 | <term><command>msgconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 162 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 163 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"><primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 164 | <para>converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.</para>
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| 165 | </listitem>
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| 166 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 167 |
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[b8a819f] | 168 | <varlistentry id="msgen">
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| 169 | <term><command>msgen</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 170 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 171 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"><primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 172 | <para>creates an English translation catalog.</para>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 175 |
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[b8a819f] | 176 | <varlistentry id="msgexec">
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| 177 | <term><command>msgexec</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 178 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 179 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"><primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 180 | <para>applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 183 |
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[b8a819f] | 184 | <varlistentry id="msgfilter">
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| 185 | <term><command>msgfilter</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 186 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 187 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"><primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 188 | <para>applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 191 |
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[b8a819f] | 192 | <varlistentry id="msgfmt">
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| 193 | <term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 194 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 196 | <para>generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog.</para>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 199 |
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[b8a819f] | 200 | <varlistentry id="msggrep">
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| 201 | <term><command>msggrep</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 202 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 204 | <para>extracts all messages of a translation
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[673b0d8] | 205 | catalog that match a given pattern or belong to some given source files.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 208 |
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[b8a819f] | 209 | <varlistentry id="msginit">
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| 210 | <term><command>msginit</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 211 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 212 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 213 | <para>creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file, initializing the meta
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[c6cb3aa] | 214 | information with values from the user's environment.</para>
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| 215 | </listitem>
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| 216 | </varlistentry>
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| 217 |
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[b8a819f] | 218 | <varlistentry id="msgmerge">
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| 219 | <term><command>msgmerge</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 220 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"><primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 222 | <para>combines two raw translations into a single file.</para>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 225 |
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[b8a819f] | 226 | <varlistentry id="msgunfmt">
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| 227 | <term><command>msgunfmt</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 228 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 229 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 230 | <para>decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text.</para>
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| 231 | </listitem>
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| 232 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 233 |
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[b8a819f] | 234 | <varlistentry id="msguniq">
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| 235 | <term><command>msguniq</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 236 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 237 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"><primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 238 | <para>unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog.</para>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 241 |
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[b8a819f] | 242 | <varlistentry id="ngettext">
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| 243 | <term><command>ngettext</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 244 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 245 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 246 | <para>displays native language translations of a
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[673b0d8] | 247 | textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 248 | </listitem>
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| 249 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 250 |
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[b8a819f] | 251 | <varlistentry id="xgettext">
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| 252 | <term><command>xgettext</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 253 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 255 | <para>extracts the translatable message lines
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[673b0d8] | 256 | from the given source files, to make the first translation template.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 257 | </listitem>
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| 258 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 259 |
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[b8a819f] | 260 | <varlistentry id="libasprintf">
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[bb55064] | 261 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 262 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 264 | <para>defines the autosprintf class, which
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[673b0d8] | 265 | makes C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the
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| 266 | <string> strings and the <iostream> streams.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 267 | </listitem>
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| 268 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 269 |
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[b8a819f] | 270 | <varlistentry id="libgettextlib">
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[bb55064] | 271 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 272 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 273 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 274 | <para>is a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
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[c6cb3aa] | 275 | programs. They're not meant for general use.</para>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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[b8a819f] | 279 | <varlistentry id="libgettextpo">
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[bb55064] | 280 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 281 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 282 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 283 | <para>is used to write specialized programs that process <filename
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| 284 | class="extension">.po</filename> files. This library is
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| 285 | used when the standard applications shipped with Gettext won't suffice (such as
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| 286 | <command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>,
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| 287 | <command>msgattrib</command> and <command>msgen</command>).</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 | </varlistentry>
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| 290 |
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[b8a819f] | 291 | <varlistentry id="libgettextsrc">
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[bb55064] | 292 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 293 | <listitem>
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[673b0d8] | 294 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"><primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary></indexterm>
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[bb55064] | 295 | <para>is a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
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[c6cb3aa] | 296 | programs. They're not meant for general use.</para>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 300 |
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| 303 | </sect1>
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