GNU gettext tools, version 0.10

Native Language Support Library and Tools

Edition 0.10 , 26 November

• 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 Commands
  • Entry Positioning
  • Normalizing Strings in Entries
• Preparing Program Sources
  • Triggering gettext Operations
  • How Marks Appears in Sources
  • Marking Translatable Strings
  • Special Cases of Translatable Strings
• Making the Initial PO File
  • Invoking the xgettext Program
  • C Sources Context
  • Using Translation Compendiums
• Updating Existing PO Files
  • Invoking the tupdate Program
  • Untranslated Entries
  • Obsolete Entries
  • Modifying Translations
  • Modifying Comments
  • Consulting Auxiliary PO Files
• Producing Binary MO Files
  • Invoking the msgfmt Program
  • The Format of GNU MO Files
• The User's View
  • The Current `NLS' Matrix for GNU
  • 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
    • 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 - Double layer solution
    • 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 `po/'
    • `configure.in' at top level
    • `aclocal.m4' at top level
    • `acconfig.h' at top level
    • `Makefile.in' at top level
    • `Makefile.in' in `src/'
• Concluding Remarks
  • History of GNU gettext
  • Related Readings

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