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This is the GNU gettext package. It is interesting for authors or
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maintainers of other packages or programs which they want to see
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internationalized. As one step the handling of messages in different
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languages should be implemented. For this task GNU gettext provides
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the needed tools and library functions.
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It is also interesting for translators, because GNU gettext provides
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the 'msgmerge' program, which prepares a message catalog before a
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translation update.
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Users of GNU packages should also install GNU gettext because some
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other GNU packages will use the gettext program included in this
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package to internationalize the messages given by shell scripts.
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The homepage of this package is at
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https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
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The primary FTP site for its distribution is
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https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/
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Report bugs
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- in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
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- or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
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The configure script provides a non-standard option. It is also
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available in other packages that use the functionality of GNU gettext.
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Use
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--disable-nls
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if you absolutely don't want to have messages handling code. You will
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always get the original messages (mostly English). You could consider
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using NLS support even when you do not need other tongues. If you do
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not install any messages catalogs or do not specify to use another but
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the C locale you will not get translations.
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The set of languages for which catalogs should be installed can also be
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specified while configuring. Of course they must be available but the
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intersection of these two sets are computed automatically. You could
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once and for all define in your profile/cshrc the variable LINGUAS:
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(Bourne Shell) LINGUAS="de fr nl"; export LINGUAS
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(C Shell) setenv LINGUAS "de fr nl"
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or specify it directly while configuring
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env LINGUAS="de fr nl" ./configure
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Consult the manual for more information on language names.
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Other files you might look into:
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COPYING - copying conditions
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DEPENDENCIES - list of prerequisite packages, to be installed before this one
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INSTALL - general compilation and installation rules
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NEWS - major changes in the current version
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THANKS - list of contributors
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JOIN-GNU - invitation to join the GNU project
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