| This is the GNU gettext package. It is interesting for authors or |
| maintainers of other packages or programs which they want to see |
| internationalized. As one step the handling of messages in different |
| languages should be implemented. For this task GNU gettext provides |
| the needed tools and library functions. |
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| It is also interesting for translators, because GNU gettext provides |
| the 'msgmerge' program, which prepares a message catalog before a |
| translation update. |
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| Users of GNU packages should also install GNU gettext because some |
| other GNU packages will use the gettext program included in this |
| 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 |
| - in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> |
| - or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>. |
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| The configure script provides a non-standard option. It is also |
| available in other packages that use the functionality of GNU gettext. |
| Use |
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| --disable-nls |
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| if you absolutely don't want to have messages handling code. You will |
| always get the original messages (mostly English). You could consider |
| using NLS support even when you do not need other tongues. If you do |
| not install any messages catalogs or do not specify to use another but |
| 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 |
| specified while configuring. Of course they must be available but the |
| intersection of these two sets are computed automatically. You could |
| 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 |
| DEPENDENCIES - list of prerequisite packages, to be installed before this one |
| INSTALL - general compilation and installation rules |
| NEWS - major changes in the current version |
| THANKS - list of contributors |
