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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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[752f4e5] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-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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[69993f4] | 14 | localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS, enabling them
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| 15 | to output messages in the user's native language.</para>
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[5888299] | 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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[69993f4] | 26 | Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 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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[ef13657] | 45 | <para>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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[69993f4] | 60 | ngettext, project-id, team-address, trigger, urlget, user-email, and xgettext</seg>
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[c6cb3aa] | 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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[3ed279f] | 64 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 65 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[673b0d8] | 66 |
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[b8a819f] | 67 | <varlistentry id="autopoint">
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| 68 | <term><command>autopoint</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | <listitem>
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[bb55064] | 70 | <para>copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 71 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"><primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 74 |
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[b8a819f] | 75 | <varlistentry id="config.charset">
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| 76 | <term><command>config.charset</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 77 | <listitem>
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| 78 | <para>outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 79 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"><primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 80 | </listitem>
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| 81 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 82 |
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[b8a819f] | 83 | <varlistentry id="config.rpath">
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| 84 | <term><command>config.rpath</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 85 | <listitem>
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[3ed279f] | 86 | <para>outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the
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[c6cb3aa] | 87 | runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 88 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"><primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 89 | </listitem>
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| 90 | </varlistentry>
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| 91 |
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[b8a819f] | 92 | <varlistentry id="envsubst">
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| 93 | <term><command>envsubst</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 94 | <listitem>
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| 95 | <para>substitutes environment variables in shell format strings.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 96 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"><primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 97 | </listitem>
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| 98 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 99 |
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[b8a819f] | 100 | <varlistentry id="gettext">
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| 101 | <term><command>gettext</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 102 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 103 | <para>translates a natural language message into the user's language
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| 104 | by looking up the translation in a message catalog.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 108 |
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[b8a819f] | 109 | <varlistentry id="gettextize">
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| 110 | <term><command>gettextize</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 111 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 112 | <para>copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level
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| 113 | directory of a package to begin internationalizing it.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 115 | </listitem>
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| 116 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 117 |
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[b8a819f] | 118 | <varlistentry id="hostname-gettext">
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| 119 | <term><command>hostname</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 120 | <listitem>
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| 121 | <para>displays a network hostname in various forms.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"><primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 123 | </listitem>
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| 124 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 125 |
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[b8a819f] | 126 | <varlistentry id="msgattrib">
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| 127 | <term><command>msgattrib</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 128 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 129 | <para>filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their
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| 130 | attributes and manipulates the attributes.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 131 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 132 | </listitem>
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| 133 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 134 |
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[b8a819f] | 135 | <varlistentry id="msgcat">
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| 136 | <term><command>msgcat</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 137 | <listitem>
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[bb55064] | 138 | <para>concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 139 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"><primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 142 |
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[b8a819f] | 143 | <varlistentry id="msgcmp">
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| 144 | <term><command>msgcmp</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 145 | <listitem>
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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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[3ed279f] | 148 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 151 |
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[b8a819f] | 152 | <varlistentry id="msgcomm">
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| 153 | <term><command>msgcomm</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 154 | <listitem>
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| 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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[3ed279f] | 157 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 158 | </listitem>
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| 159 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 160 |
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[b8a819f] | 161 | <varlistentry id="msgconv">
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| 162 | <term><command>msgconv</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 163 | <listitem>
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| 164 | <para>converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"><primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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[73aedd1d] | 168 |
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[b8a819f] | 169 | <varlistentry id="msgen">
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| 170 | <term><command>msgen</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>creates an English translation catalog.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"><primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 176 |
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[b8a819f] | 177 | <varlistentry id="msgexec">
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| 178 | <term><command>msgexec</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 181 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"><primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 182 | </listitem>
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| 183 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 184 |
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[b8a819f] | 185 | <varlistentry id="msgfilter">
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| 186 | <term><command>msgfilter</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"><primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 190 | </listitem>
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| 191 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 192 |
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[b8a819f] | 193 | <varlistentry id="msgfmt">
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| 194 | <term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 195 | <listitem>
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| 196 | <para>generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 197 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 200 |
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[b8a819f] | 201 | <varlistentry id="msggrep">
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| 202 | <term><command>msggrep</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 203 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 204 | <para>extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a
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| 205 | given pattern or belong to some given source files.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 209 |
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[b8a819f] | 210 | <varlistentry id="msginit">
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| 211 | <term><command>msginit</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 212 | <listitem>
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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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[3ed279f] | 215 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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[b8a819f] | 219 | <varlistentry id="msgmerge">
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| 220 | <term><command>msgmerge</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>combines two raw translations into a single file.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"><primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 226 |
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[b8a819f] | 227 | <varlistentry id="msgunfmt">
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| 228 | <term><command>msgunfmt</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 231 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 232 | </listitem>
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| 233 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 234 |
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[b8a819f] | 235 | <varlistentry id="msguniq">
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| 236 | <term><command>msguniq</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 237 | <listitem>
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| 238 | <para>unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 239 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"><primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 240 | </listitem>
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| 241 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 242 |
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[b8a819f] | 243 | <varlistentry id="ngettext">
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| 244 | <term><command>ngettext</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 245 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 246 | <para>displays native language translations of a textual message whose
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| 247 | grammatical form depends on a number.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 248 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 249 | </listitem>
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| 250 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 251 |
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[b8a819f] | 252 | <varlistentry id="xgettext">
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| 253 | <term><command>xgettext</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 254 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 255 | <para>extracts the translatable message lines from the given source
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| 256 | files to make the first translation template.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 257 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 258 | </listitem>
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| 259 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 260 |
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[b8a819f] | 261 | <varlistentry id="libasprintf">
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[bb55064] | 262 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 263 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 264 | <para>defines the <emphasis>autosprintf</emphasis> class, which makes
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| 265 | C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the
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| 266 | <emphasis><string></emphasis> strings and the
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| 267 | <emphasis><iostream></emphasis> streams.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 268 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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[673b0d8] | 271 |
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[b8a819f] | 272 | <varlistentry id="libgettextlib">
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[bb55064] | 273 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 274 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 275 | <para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
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| 276 | programs. These are not intended for general use.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 278 | </listitem>
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| 279 | </varlistentry>
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| 280 |
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[b8a819f] | 281 | <varlistentry id="libgettextpo">
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[bb55064] | 282 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 283 | <listitem>
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[ef13657] | 284 | <para>used to write specialized programs that process <filename
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| 285 | class="extension">.po</filename> files. This library is used when the
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| 286 | standard applications shipped with Gettext (such as
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| 287 | <command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>,
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[69993f4] | 288 | <command>msgattrib</command>, and <command>msgen</command>) will not
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[ef13657] | 289 | suffice.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 290 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 291 | </listitem>
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| 292 | </varlistentry>
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| 293 |
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[b8a819f] | 294 | <varlistentry id="libgettextsrc">
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[bb55064] | 295 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 296 | <listitem>
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[3ed279f] | 297 | <para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext
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[ef13657] | 298 | programs. These are not intended for general use.</para>
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[3ed279f] | 299 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"><primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 | </varlistentry>
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| 302 | </variablelist>
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[673b0d8] | 303 |
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| 305 |
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| 306 | </sect1>
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[ef13657] | 307 |
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