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[673b0d8] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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[673b0d8] | 5 | %general-entities;
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[673b0d8] | 7 | ]>
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" role="wrap">
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[673b0d8] | 9 | <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title>
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| 10 | <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext"><primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary></indexterm>
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[6370fa6] | 13 |
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[a001133] | 14 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[81fd230] | 15 | <para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and
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[663ecfc] | 16 | localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native Language
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| 17 | Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native language.</para>
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[5888299] | 18 |
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[a001133] | 19 | <segmentedlist>
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| 20 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 21 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[1a017db] | 22 | <seglistitem><seg>1.2 SBU</seg><seg>65.1 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 23 | </segmentedlist>
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| 24 |
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[81fd230] | 25 | <segmentedlist>
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[45992ae] | 26 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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[81fd230] | 27 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils,
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| 28 | Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 29 | </segmentedlist>
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[a001133] | 30 | </sect2>
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[73aedd1d] | 31 |
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[a001133] | 32 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[73aedd1d] | 33 | <title>Installation of Gettext</title>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |
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[673b0d8] | 43 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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[81fd230] | 44 | <userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a very long time, around
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| 45 | 7 SBUs.</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 46 |
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[81fd230] | 47 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 48 |
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| 49 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | </sect2>
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[6370fa6] | 52 |
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[5888299] | 53 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 54 | <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content"><title>Contents of Gettext</title>
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[673b0d8] | 55 |
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[81fd230] | 56 | <segmentedlist>
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| 57 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 58 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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[7634b9b] | 59 | <seglistitem><seg>autopoint, config.charset, config.rpath, envsubst, gettext,
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| 60 | gettextize, hostname, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen,
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| 61 | msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq,
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[81fd230] | 62 | ngettext, and xgettext</seg>
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[7634b9b] | 63 | <seg>libasprintf.[a,so], libgettextlib.so, libgettextpo.[a,so], and libgettextsrc.so</seg></seglistitem>
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[81fd230] | 64 | </segmentedlist>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 67 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[8f97096] | 68 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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[81fd230] | 69 |
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| 70 | <varlistentry id="autopoint">
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| 71 | <term><command>autopoint</command></term>
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| 72 | <listitem>
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| 73 | <para>Copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package</para>
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| 74 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"><primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary></indexterm>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | </varlistentry>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <varlistentry id="config.charset">
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| 79 | <term><command>config.charset</command></term>
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>Outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases</para>
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| 82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"><primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary></indexterm>
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| 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </varlistentry>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <varlistentry id="config.rpath">
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| 87 | <term><command>config.rpath</command></term>
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| 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>Outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the
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| 90 | runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable</para>
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| 91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"><primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary></indexterm>
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| 92 | </listitem>
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| 93 | </varlistentry>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <varlistentry id="envsubst">
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| 96 | <term><command>envsubst</command></term>
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>Substitutes environment variables in shell format strings</para>
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| 99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"><primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary></indexterm>
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| 100 | </listitem>
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| 101 | </varlistentry>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <varlistentry id="gettext">
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| 104 | <term><command>gettext</command></term>
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| 105 | <listitem>
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| 106 | <para>Translates a natural language message into the user's language
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| 107 | by looking up the translation in a message catalog</para>
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| 108 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </varlistentry>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <varlistentry id="gettextize">
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| 113 | <term><command>gettextize</command></term>
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| 114 | <listitem>
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| 115 | <para>Copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level
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| 116 | directory of a package to begin internationalizing it</para>
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| 117 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm>
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| 118 | </listitem>
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| 119 | </varlistentry>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <varlistentry id="hostname-gettext">
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| 122 | <term><command>hostname</command></term>
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| 123 | <listitem>
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| 124 | <para>Displays a network hostname in various forms</para>
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| 125 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"><primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary></indexterm>
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| 126 | </listitem>
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| 127 | </varlistentry>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <varlistentry id="msgattrib">
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| 130 | <term><command>msgattrib</command></term>
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| 131 | <listitem>
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| 132 | <para>Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their
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| 133 | attributes and manipulates the attributes</para>
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| 134 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm>
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| 135 | </listitem>
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| 136 | </varlistentry>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <varlistentry id="msgcat">
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| 139 | <term><command>msgcat</command></term>
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| 140 | <listitem>
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| 141 | <para>Concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para>
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| 142 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"><primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary></indexterm>
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| 143 | </listitem>
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| 144 | </varlistentry>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <varlistentry id="msgcmp">
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| 147 | <term><command>msgcmp</command></term>
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| 148 | <listitem>
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| 149 | <para>Compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename>
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| 150 | files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings</para>
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| 151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | </varlistentry>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="msgcomm">
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| 156 | <term><command>msgcomm</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>Finds the messages that are common to
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| 159 | to the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | </varlistentry>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <varlistentry id="msgconv">
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| 165 | <term><command>msgconv</command></term>
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>Converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding</para>
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| 168 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"><primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary></indexterm>
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| 169 | </listitem>
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| 170 | </varlistentry>
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| 171 |
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| 172 | <varlistentry id="msgen">
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| 173 | <term><command>msgen</command></term>
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| 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>Creates an English translation catalog</para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"><primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary></indexterm>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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| 178 | </varlistentry>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <varlistentry id="msgexec">
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| 181 | <term><command>msgexec</command></term>
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| 182 | <listitem>
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| 183 | <para>Applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog</para>
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"><primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary></indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <varlistentry id="msgfilter">
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| 189 | <term><command>msgfilter</command></term>
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| 190 | <listitem>
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| 191 | <para>Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"><primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary></indexterm>
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| 193 | </listitem>
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| 194 | </varlistentry>
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| 195 |
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| 196 | <varlistentry id="msgfmt">
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| 197 | <term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
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| 198 | <listitem>
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[e5846ef] | 199 | <para>Generates a binary message catalog from a translation catalog</para>
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[81fd230] | 200 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm>
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| 201 | </listitem>
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| 202 | </varlistentry>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <varlistentry id="msggrep">
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| 205 | <term><command>msggrep</command></term>
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| 206 | <listitem>
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| 207 | <para>Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a
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| 208 | given pattern or belong to some given source files</para>
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| 209 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm>
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| 210 | </listitem>
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| 211 | </varlistentry>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <varlistentry id="msginit">
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| 214 | <term><command>msginit</command></term>
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>Creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file, initializing the meta
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| 217 | information with values from the user's environment</para>
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| 218 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 | </varlistentry>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <varlistentry id="msgmerge">
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| 223 | <term><command>msgmerge</command></term>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>Combines two raw translations into a single file</para>
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| 226 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"><primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary></indexterm>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 | </varlistentry>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="msgunfmt">
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| 231 | <term><command>msgunfmt</command></term>
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>Decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text</para>
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| 234 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary></indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <varlistentry id="msguniq">
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| 239 | <term><command>msguniq</command></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog</para>
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| 242 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"><primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary></indexterm>
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| 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <varlistentry id="ngettext">
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| 247 | <term><command>ngettext</command></term>
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| 248 | <listitem>
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| 249 | <para>Displays native language translations of a textual message whose
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| 250 | grammatical form depends on a number</para>
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| 251 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm>
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| 252 | </listitem>
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| 253 | </varlistentry>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <varlistentry id="xgettext">
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| 256 | <term><command>xgettext</command></term>
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| 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>Extracts the translatable message lines from the given source
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| 259 | files to make the first translation template</para>
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| 260 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <varlistentry id="libasprintf">
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| 265 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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| 267 | <para>defines the <emphasis>autosprintf</emphasis> class, which makes
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| 268 | C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the
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| 269 | <emphasis><string></emphasis> strings and the
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| 270 | <emphasis><iostream></emphasis> streams</para>
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| 271 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <varlistentry id="libgettextlib">
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| 276 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term>
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| 277 | <listitem>
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| 278 | <para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
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| 279 | programs; these are not intended for general use</para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="libgettextpo">
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| 285 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>Used to write specialized programs that process <filename
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| 288 | class="extension">.po</filename> files; this library is used when the
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| 289 | standard applications shipped with Gettext (such as
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| 290 | <command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>,
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| 291 | <command>msgattrib</command>, and <command>msgen</command>) will not
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| 292 | suffice</para>
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| 293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm>
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| 294 | </listitem>
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| 295 | </varlistentry>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | <varlistentry id="libgettextsrc">
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| 298 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term>
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| 299 | <listitem>
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| 300 | <para>A private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
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| 301 | programs; these are not intended for general use</para>
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| 302 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"><primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary></indexterm>
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| 303 | </listitem>
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| 304 | </varlistentry>
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| 305 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 306 |
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| 308 |
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| 309 | </sect1>
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