GNU gettext tools, version 0.11.2

Native Language Support Library and Tools

Edition 0.11.2, 22 April 2002

• Introduction
  • The Purpose of GNU gettext
  • I18n, L10n, and Such
  • Aspects in Native Language Support
  • Files Conveying Translations
  • Overview of GNU gettext
• PO Files and PO Mode Basics
  • Completing GNU gettext Installation
  • The Format of PO Files
  • Main PO mode Commands
  • Entry Positioning
  • Normalizing Strings in Entries
• Preparing Program Sources
  • Triggering gettext Operations
  • Preparing Translatable Strings
  • How Marks Appear in Sources
  • Marking Translatable Strings
  • Special Comments preceding Keywords
  • Special Cases of Translatable Strings
• Making the PO Template File
  • Invoking the xgettext Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Choice of input file language
    • Operation mode
    • Language=C/C++ specific options
    • Output details
    • Informative output
• Creating a New PO File
  • Invoking the msginit Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Filling in the Header Entry
• Updating Existing PO Files
  • Invoking the msgmerge Program
    • Input file location
    • Operation mode
    • Output file location
    • Output file location in update mode
    • Operation modifiers
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Translated Entries
  • Fuzzy Entries
  • Untranslated Entries
  • Obsolete Entries
  • Modifying Translations
  • Modifying Comments
  • Details of Sub Edition
  • C Sources Context
  • Consulting Auxiliary PO Files
  • Using Translation Compendia
    • Creating Compendia
      • Concatenate PO Files
      • Extract a Message Subset from a PO File
    • Using Compendia
      • Initialize a New Translation File
      • Update an Existing Translation File
• Manipulating PO Files
  • Invoking the msgcat Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Message selection
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgconv Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Conversion target
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msggrep Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Message selection
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgfilter Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • The filter
    • Useful filter-options when the filter is `sed'
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msguniq Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Message selection
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgcomm Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Message selection
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgcmp Program
    • Input file location
    • Operation modifiers
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgattrib Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Message selection
    • Attribute manipulation
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgen Program
    • Input file location
    • Output file location
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgexec Program
    • Input file location
    • Informative output
• Producing Binary MO Files
  • Invoking the msgfmt Program
    • Input file location
    • Operation mode
    • Output file location
    • Output file location in Java mode
    • Output file location in Tcl mode
    • Input file interpretation
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • Invoking the msgunfmt Program
    • Operation mode
    • Input file location
    • Input file location in Java mode
    • Input file location in Tcl mode
    • Output file location
    • Output details
    • Informative output
  • The Format of GNU MO Files
• The User's View
  • The Current `ABOUT-NLS' Matrix
  • Magic for Installers
  • Magic for End Users
• The Programmer's View
  • About catgets
    • The Interface
    • Problems with the catgets Interface?!
  • About gettext
    • The Interface
    • Solving Ambiguities
    • Locating Message Catalog Files
    • How to specify the output character set gettext uses
    • Additional functions for plural forms
    • How to use gettext in GUI programs
    • Optimization of the *gettext functions
  • Comparing the Two Interfaces
  • Using libintl.a in own programs
  • Being a gettext grok
  • Temporary Notes for the Programmers Chapter
    • Temporary - Two Possible Implementations
    • Temporary - About catgets
    • Temporary - Why a single implementation
    • Temporary - Notes
• The Translator's View
  • Introduction 0
  • Introduction 1
  • Discussions
  • Organization
    • Central Coordination
    • National Teams
      • Sub-Cultures
      • Organizational Ideas
    • Mailing Lists
  • Information Flow
• The Maintainer's View
  • Flat or Non-Flat Directory Structures
  • Prerequisite Works
  • Invoking the gettextize Program
  • Files You Must Create or Alter
    • `POTFILES.in' in `po/'
    • `LINGUAS' in `po/'
    • `Makefile' pieces in `po/'
    • `configure.in' at top level
    • `config.guess', `config.sub' at top level
    • `aclocal.m4' at top level
    • `acconfig.h' at top level
    • `Makefile.in' at top level
    • `Makefile.in' in `src/'
    • `gettext.h' in `lib/'
  • Autoconf macros for use in `configure.in'
    • AM_GNU_GETTEXT in `gettext.m4'
    • AM_ICONV in `iconv.m4'
• Other Programming Languages
  • The Language Implementor's View
  • The Programmer's View
  • The Translator's View
  • The Maintainer's View
  • Individual Programming Languages
    • C, C++, Objective C
    • sh - Shell Script
    • bash - Bourne-Again Shell Script
    • Python
    • GNU clisp - Common Lisp
    • GNU clisp C sources
    • Emacs Lisp
    • librep
    • GNU Smalltalk
    • Java
    • GNU awk
    • Pascal - Free Pascal Compiler
    • wxWindows library
    • YCP - YaST2 scripting language
    • Tcl - Tk's scripting language
    • Perl
    • PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
    • Pike
  • Internationalizable Data
    • POT - Portable Object Template
    • Resource String Table
    • Glade - GNOME user interface description
• Concluding Remarks
  • History of GNU gettext
  • Related Readings
• Language Codes
• Country Codes
• Program Index
• Option Index
• Variable Index
• PO Mode Index
• Autoconf Macro Index
• General Index

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