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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>gettext</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&gettext-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&gettext-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and
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27 | localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native Language
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28 | Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native
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29 | language.</para>
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30 |
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31 | <segmentedlist>
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32 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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33 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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34 |
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35 | <seglistitem>
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36 | <seg>&gettext-fin-sbu;</seg>
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37 | <seg>&gettext-fin-du;</seg>
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38 | </seglistitem>
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39 | </segmentedlist>
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40 |
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41 | </sect2>
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42 |
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43 | <sect2 role="installation">
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44 | <title>Installation of Gettext</title>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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49 | --disable-static \
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50 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;</userinput></screen>
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51 |
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52 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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53 |
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54 | <!--<screen><userinput remap="make">make BISON_LOCALEDIR=/usr/share/locale</userinput></screen>-->
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55 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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56 | <!--
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57 | <variablelist>
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58 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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59 |
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60 | <varlistentry>
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61 | <term><parameter>BISON_LOCALEDIR=/usr/share/locale</parameter></term>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Since bison is not yet installed in /usr, configure hardcodes
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64 | the directory containing translations for the bison program (the
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65 | "locale" directory) as /tools/share/locale. Passing this variable
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66 | to make allows overriding the choice made by configure.</para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | </varlistentry>
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69 |
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70 | </variablelist>
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71 | -->
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72 | <para>To test the results (this takes a long time, around 3 SBUs),
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73 | issue:</para>
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74 |
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75 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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76 |
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77 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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78 |
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79 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
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80 | chmod -v 0755 /usr/lib/preloadable_libintl.so</userinput></screen>
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81 |
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82 | </sect2>
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83 |
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84 | <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content">
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85 | <title>Contents of Gettext</title>
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86 |
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87 | <segmentedlist>
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88 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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89 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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90 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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91 |
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92 | <seglistitem>
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93 | <seg>autopoint, envsubst, gettext, gettext.sh,
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94 | gettextize, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen,
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95 | msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq,
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96 | ngettext, recode-sr-latin, and xgettext</seg>
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97 | <seg>libasprintf.so, libgettextlib.so, libgettextpo.so,
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98 | libgettextsrc.so, libtextstyle.so, and preloadable_libintl.so</seg>
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99 | <seg>/usr/lib/gettext, /usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;,
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100 | /usr/share/gettext, and /usr/share/gettext-0.19.8</seg>
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101 | </seglistitem>
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102 | </segmentedlist>
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103 |
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104 | <variablelist>
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105 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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106 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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107 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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108 |
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109 | <varlistentry id="autopoint">
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110 | <term><command>autopoint</command></term>
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111 | <listitem>
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112 | <para>Copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source
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113 | package</para>
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114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint">
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115 | <primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary>
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116 | </indexterm>
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117 | </listitem>
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118 | </varlistentry>
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119 |
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120 | <varlistentry id="envsubst">
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121 | <term><command>envsubst</command></term>
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122 | <listitem>
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123 | <para>Substitutes environment variables in shell format strings</para>
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124 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst">
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125 | <primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary>
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126 | </indexterm>
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127 | </listitem>
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128 | </varlistentry>
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129 |
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130 | <varlistentry id="gettext">
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131 | <term><command>gettext</command></term>
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132 | <listitem>
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133 | <para>Translates a natural language message into the user's language
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134 | by looking up the translation in a message catalog</para>
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135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext">
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136 | <primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary>
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137 | </indexterm>
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138 | </listitem>
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139 | </varlistentry>
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140 |
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141 | <varlistentry id="gettext.sh">
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142 | <term><command>gettext.sh</command></term>
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143 | <listitem>
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144 | <para>Primarily serves as a shell function library for gettext</para>
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145 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext.sh">
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146 | <primary sortas="b-gettext.sh">gettext.sh</primary>
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147 | </indexterm>
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148 | </listitem>
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149 | </varlistentry>
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150 |
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151 | <varlistentry id="gettextize">
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152 | <term><command>gettextize</command></term>
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153 | <listitem>
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154 | <para>Copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level
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155 | directory of a package to begin internationalizing it</para>
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156 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize">
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157 | <primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary>
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158 | </indexterm>
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159 | </listitem>
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160 | </varlistentry>
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161 |
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162 | <varlistentry id="msgattrib">
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163 | <term><command>msgattrib</command></term>
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164 | <listitem>
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165 | <para>Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their
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166 | attributes and manipulates the attributes</para>
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167 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib">
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168 | <primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary>
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169 | </indexterm>
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170 | </listitem>
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171 | </varlistentry>
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172 |
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173 | <varlistentry id="msgcat">
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174 | <term><command>msgcat</command></term>
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175 | <listitem>
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176 | <para>Concatenates and merges the given
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177 | <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para>
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178 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat">
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179 | <primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary>
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180 | </indexterm>
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181 | </listitem>
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182 | </varlistentry>
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183 |
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184 | <varlistentry id="msgcmp">
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185 | <term><command>msgcmp</command></term>
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186 | <listitem>
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187 | <para>Compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename>
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188 | files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings</para>
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189 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp">
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190 | <primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary>
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191 | </indexterm>
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192 | </listitem>
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193 | </varlistentry>
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194 |
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195 | <varlistentry id="msgcomm">
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196 | <term><command>msgcomm</command></term>
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197 | <listitem>
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198 | <para>Finds the messages that are common to the given
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199 | <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para>
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200 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm">
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201 | <primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary>
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202 | </indexterm>
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203 | </listitem>
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204 | </varlistentry>
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205 |
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206 | <varlistentry id="msgconv">
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207 | <term><command>msgconv</command></term>
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208 | <listitem>
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209 | <para>Converts a translation catalog to a different character
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210 | encoding</para>
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211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv">
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212 | <primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary>
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213 | </indexterm>
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214 | </listitem>
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215 | </varlistentry>
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216 |
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217 | <varlistentry id="msgen">
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218 | <term><command>msgen</command></term>
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219 | <listitem>
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220 | <para>Creates an English translation catalog</para>
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221 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen">
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222 | <primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary>
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223 | </indexterm>
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224 | </listitem>
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225 | </varlistentry>
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226 |
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227 | <varlistentry id="msgexec">
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228 | <term><command>msgexec</command></term>
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229 | <listitem>
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230 | <para>Applies a command to all translations of a translation
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231 | catalog</para>
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232 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec">
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233 | <primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary>
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234 | </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="msgfilter">
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239 | <term><command>msgfilter</command></term>
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240 | <listitem>
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241 | <para>Applies a filter to all translations of a translation
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242 | catalog</para>
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243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter">
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244 | <primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary>
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245 | </indexterm>
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246 | </listitem>
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247 | </varlistentry>
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248 |
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249 | <varlistentry id="msgfmt">
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250 | <term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
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251 | <listitem>
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252 | <para>Generates a binary message catalog from a translation
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253 | catalog</para>
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254 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt">
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255 | <primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary>
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256 | </indexterm>
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257 | </listitem>
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258 | </varlistentry>
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259 |
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260 | <varlistentry id="msggrep">
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261 | <term><command>msggrep</command></term>
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262 | <listitem>
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263 | <para>Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a
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264 | given pattern or belong to some given source files</para>
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265 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep">
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266 | <primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary>
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267 | </indexterm>
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268 | </listitem>
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269 | </varlistentry>
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270 |
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271 | <varlistentry id="msginit">
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272 | <term><command>msginit</command></term>
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273 | <listitem>
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274 | <para>Creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file,
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275 | initializing the meta information with values from the user's
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276 | environment</para>
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277 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit">
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278 | <primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary>
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279 | </indexterm>
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280 | </listitem>
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281 | </varlistentry>
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282 |
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283 | <varlistentry id="msgmerge">
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284 | <term><command>msgmerge</command></term>
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285 | <listitem>
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286 | <para>Combines two raw translations into a single file</para>
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287 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge">
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288 | <primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary>
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289 | </indexterm>
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290 | </listitem>
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291 | </varlistentry>
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292 |
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293 | <varlistentry id="msgunfmt">
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294 | <term><command>msgunfmt</command></term>
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295 | <listitem>
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296 | <para>Decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation
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297 | text</para>
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298 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt">
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299 | <primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary>
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300 | </indexterm>
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301 | </listitem>
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302 | </varlistentry>
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303 |
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304 | <varlistentry id="msguniq">
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305 | <term><command>msguniq</command></term>
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306 | <listitem>
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307 | <para>Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog</para>
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308 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq">
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309 | <primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary>
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310 | </indexterm>
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311 | </listitem>
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312 | </varlistentry>
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313 |
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314 | <varlistentry id="ngettext">
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315 | <term><command>ngettext</command></term>
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316 | <listitem>
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317 | <para>Displays native language translations of a textual message whose
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318 | grammatical form depends on a number</para>
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319 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext">
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320 | <primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary>
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321 | </indexterm>
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322 | </listitem>
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323 | </varlistentry>
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324 |
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325 | <varlistentry id="recode-sr-latin">
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326 | <term><command>recode-sr-latin</command></term>
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327 | <listitem>
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328 | <para>Recodes Serbian text from Cyrillic to Latin script</para>
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329 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext recode-sr-latin">
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330 | <primary sortas="b-recode-sr-latin">recode-sr-latin</primary>
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331 | </indexterm>
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332 | </listitem>
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333 | </varlistentry>
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334 |
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335 | <varlistentry id="xgettext">
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336 | <term><command>xgettext</command></term>
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337 | <listitem>
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338 | <para>Extracts the translatable message lines from the given source
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339 | files to make the first translation template</para>
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340 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext">
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341 | <primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary>
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342 | </indexterm>
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343 | </listitem>
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344 | </varlistentry>
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345 |
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346 | <varlistentry id="libasprintf">
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347 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term>
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348 | <listitem>
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349 | <para>defines the <emphasis>autosprintf</emphasis> class, which makes
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350 | C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the
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351 | <emphasis><string></emphasis> strings and the
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352 | <emphasis><iostream></emphasis> streams</para>
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353 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf">
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354 | <primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary>
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355 | </indexterm>
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356 | </listitem>
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357 | </varlistentry>
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358 |
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359 | <varlistentry id="libgettextlib">
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360 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term>
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361 | <listitem>
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362 | <para>a private library containing common routines used by the
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363 | various Gettext programs; these are not intended for general use</para>
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364 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib">
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365 | <primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary>
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366 | </indexterm>
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367 | </listitem>
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368 | </varlistentry>
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369 |
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370 | <varlistentry id="libgettextpo">
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371 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term>
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372 | <listitem>
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373 | <para>Used to write specialized programs that process
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374 | <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files; this library is
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375 | used when the standard applications shipped with Gettext (such as
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376 | <command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>,
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377 | <command>msgattrib</command>, and <command>msgen</command>) will
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378 | not suffice</para>
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379 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo">
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380 | <primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary>
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381 | </indexterm>
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382 | </listitem>
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383 | </varlistentry>
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384 |
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385 | <varlistentry id="libgettextsrc">
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386 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term>
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387 | <listitem>
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388 | <para>A private library containing common routines used by the
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389 | various Gettext programs; these are not intended for general use</para>
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390 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc">
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391 | <primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary>
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392 | </indexterm>
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393 | </listitem>
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394 | </varlistentry>
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395 |
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396 | <varlistentry id="libtextstyle">
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397 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libtextstyle</filename></term>
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398 | <listitem>
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399 | <para>Text styling library</para>
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400 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libtextstyle">
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401 | <primary sortas="c-libtextstyle">libtextstyle</primary>
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402 | </indexterm>
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403 | </listitem>
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404 | </varlistentry>
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405 |
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406 | <varlistentry id="preloadable_libintl">
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407 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">preloadable_libintl</filename></term>
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408 | <listitem>
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409 | <para>A library, intended to be used by LD_PRELOAD that assists
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410 | <filename class="libraryfile">libintl</filename> in logging
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411 | untranslated messages</para>
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412 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext preloadable_libintl">
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413 | <primary sortas="c-preloadable_libintl">preloadable_libintl</primary>
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414 | </indexterm>
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415 | </listitem>
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416 | </varlistentry>
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417 | </variablelist>
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418 |
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419 | </sect2>
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420 |
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421 | </sect1>
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