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Hi folks,
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gettext-0.10 is now avaialble at
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prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu.
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It is a feature release which hopefully can be compiled on all
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interesting system. This package is especially interesting for
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authors and maintainers who want to internationalize their packages,
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but in the presence of GNU sharutils-4.2 it is also useful for the
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common man.
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For those how don't know about GNU gettext it provides native language
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support in the messages a program prints. GNU gettext provides the
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needed library and tool support to enable the programmers to extend
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their programs and maintain the message catalogs.
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It can work in two ways: using the possibly existing catalog handling
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functions of the local system or use the library it provides itself.
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Because there are already a lot of goodies which are only found in GNU
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gettext's library I would always suggest to use the provided
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implementation.
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The library code itself will be used in many GNU packages. So
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installing this package and reporting possible problems will also help
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to prevent errors in other packages.
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Besides the library, GNU gettext contains programs to maintain message
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catalogs and to produce the needed binary representation. Among the
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maintenance tools is the Emacs PO mode, written by Franc,ois Pinard.
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This mode helps translators to handle the translation files.
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For further information, consult the `README' file. The `ABOUT-NLS'
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file gives information about the current state of the
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internationalization effort inside the GNU project. `INSTALL'
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contains the usual information about installation.
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In case you find a bug or have problems installing the package, send a
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report to
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bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mi.edu
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I want to thanks all those unselfish people helping me to develop
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this software. A list can be found in the `THANKS' file. In case
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I omitted somebody, I beg you not to believe it was intended. Write
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to me, so I may include you in future versions.
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The next version will not contains many new things. The Makefiles
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will be adjusted to use the new programs but mainly the documentation
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will adjusted. The result will be called gettext-1.0.
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An excerpt from NEWS:
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Version 0.10 - December 1995, by Ulrich Drepper
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* implement --shell-script option for gettext program
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* implement object-oriented, lazy message handling :-)
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Consult the manual for more/any information
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* implement locale name aliasing, similar to the one used
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in the X Window System
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* support for GNU gettext sources in central place to support
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use in development environments of other projects
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* implement CEN syntax for environment variable values
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* msgcmp program to find matches in two .po files
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* programs now have exit status != 0 if errors occurred
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* libintl.a is now selfcontained and can be used without context in
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other projects
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* gettextize now automatically runs config.status
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* swedish message catalog
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* new options for xgettext: -D/--directory to change in specified directory
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before processing the input files and -f/--files-from to specify file from
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which the names of the input files are read.
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The later option in necessary for large projects such as GNU C Library.
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* new programs msgmerge and msgunfmt by Peter Miller. The code of the other
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programs is now also much cleaner.
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