GNU gettext utilities: C
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15.5.1 C, C++, Objective C
- RPMs
- gcc, gpp, gobjc, glibc, gettext
- Ubuntu packages
- gcc, g++, gobjc, libc6-dev, libasprintf-dev
- File extension
- For C:
c
,h
.
For C++: C
, c++
, cc
, cxx
, cpp
, hpp
.
For Objective C: m
.
- String syntax
"abc"
- gettext shorthand
_("abc")
- gettext/ngettext functions
gettext
,dgettext
,dcgettext
,ngettext
,dngettext
,dcngettext
- textdomain
textdomain
function- bindtextdomain
bindtextdomain
andwbindtextdomain
functions- setlocale
- Programmer must call
setlocale (LC_ALL, "")
- Prerequisite
#include <libintl.h>
#include <locale.h>
#define _(string) gettext (string)
- Use or emulate GNU gettext
- Use
- Extractor
xgettext -k_
- Formatting with positions
fprintf "%2$d %1$d"
In C++: autosprintf "%2$d %1$d"
(see Introduction in GNU autosprintf)
- Portability
- autoconf (gettext.m4) and #if ENABLE_NLS
- po-mode marking
- yes
The following examples are available in the examples
directory: hello-c
, hello-c-gnome
, hello-c++
, hello-c++-qt
, hello-c++-kde
, hello-c++-gnome
, hello-c++-wxwidgets
, hello-objc
, hello-objc-gnustep
, hello-objc-gnome
.