[3f8be484] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> |
---|
[aa18ac0] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" |
---|
| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ |
---|
[3f8be484] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
---|
| 5 | %general-entities; |
---|
| 6 | ]> |
---|
| 7 | |
---|
| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" role="wrap"> |
---|
| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?> |
---|
| 10 | |
---|
| 11 | <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title> |
---|
| 12 | |
---|
| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext"> |
---|
| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary> |
---|
| 15 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 16 | |
---|
| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
---|
| 18 | <title/> |
---|
| 19 | |
---|
| 20 | <para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization |
---|
| 21 | and localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native |
---|
| 22 | Language Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native |
---|
| 23 | language.</para> |
---|
| 24 | |
---|
| 25 | </sect2> |
---|
| 26 | |
---|
| 27 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
---|
| 28 | <title>Installation of Gettext</title> |
---|
| 29 | |
---|
[e0e40d3] | 30 | <para os="a">Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 31 | |
---|
[c873165] | 32 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;</userinput></screen> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 33 | |
---|
[e0e40d3] | 34 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 35 | |
---|
[e0e40d3] | 36 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 37 | |
---|
[686839b] | 38 | <para os="e">To test the results, issue:</para> |
---|
| 39 | |
---|
| 40 | <screen os="e2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 41 | |
---|
[e0e40d3] | 42 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 43 | |
---|
[e0e40d3] | 44 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 45 | |
---|
| 46 | </sect2> |
---|
| 47 | |
---|
| 48 | <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content"> |
---|
| 49 | <title>Contents of Gettext</title> |
---|
| 50 | |
---|
| 51 | <segmentedlist> |
---|
| 52 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
---|
| 53 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> |
---|
[61ad0b7f] | 54 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 55 | |
---|
| 56 | <seglistitem> |
---|
[342dc8b] | 57 | <seg>autopoint, config.charset, config.rpath, envsubst, gettext, |
---|
| 58 | gettext.sh, gettextize, hostname, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, |
---|
| 59 | msgconv, msgen, msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, |
---|
[f698055a] | 60 | msgunfmt, msguniq, ngettext, recode-sr-latin, xgettext</seg> |
---|
[342dc8b] | 61 | <seg>libasprintf.[a,so], libgettextlib.so, libgettextpo.[a,so], |
---|
[f698055a] | 62 | libgettextsrc.so, preloadable_libintl.so</seg> |
---|
[c873165] | 63 | <seg>/usr/lib/gettext, /usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;, |
---|
| 64 | /usr/share/gettext</seg> |
---|
[3f8be484] | 65 | </seglistitem> |
---|
| 66 | </segmentedlist> |
---|
| 67 | |
---|
| 68 | <variablelist> |
---|
| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
---|
| 70 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
---|
| 71 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
---|
| 72 | |
---|
| 73 | <varlistentry id="autopoint"> |
---|
| 74 | <term><command>autopoint</command></term> |
---|
| 75 | <listitem> |
---|
| 76 | <para>Copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source |
---|
| 77 | package</para> |
---|
| 78 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"> |
---|
| 79 | <primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary> |
---|
| 80 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 81 | </listitem> |
---|
| 82 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 83 | |
---|
[342dc8b] | 84 | <varlistentry id="config.charset"> |
---|
| 85 | <term><command>config.charset</command></term> |
---|
| 86 | <listitem> |
---|
| 87 | <para>Outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases</para> |
---|
| 88 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"> |
---|
| 89 | <primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary> |
---|
| 90 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 91 | </listitem> |
---|
| 92 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 93 | |
---|
| 94 | <varlistentry id="config.rpath"> |
---|
| 95 | <term><command>config.rpath</command></term> |
---|
| 96 | <listitem> |
---|
| 97 | <para>Outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to |
---|
| 98 | set the runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable</para> |
---|
| 99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"> |
---|
| 100 | <primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary> |
---|
| 101 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 102 | </listitem> |
---|
| 103 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 104 | |
---|
[3f8be484] | 105 | <varlistentry id="envsubst"> |
---|
| 106 | <term><command>envsubst</command></term> |
---|
| 107 | <listitem> |
---|
| 108 | <para>Substitutes environment variables in shell format strings</para> |
---|
| 109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"> |
---|
| 110 | <primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary> |
---|
| 111 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 112 | </listitem> |
---|
| 113 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 114 | |
---|
| 115 | <varlistentry id="gettext"> |
---|
| 116 | <term><command>gettext</command></term> |
---|
| 117 | <listitem> |
---|
| 118 | <para>Translates a natural language message into the user's language |
---|
| 119 | by looking up the translation in a message catalog</para> |
---|
| 120 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"> |
---|
| 121 | <primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary> |
---|
| 122 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 123 | </listitem> |
---|
| 124 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 125 | |
---|
[e29fb58] | 126 | <varlistentry id="gettext.sh"> |
---|
| 127 | <term><command>gettext.sh</command></term> |
---|
| 128 | <listitem> |
---|
| 129 | <para>Primarily serves as a shell function library for gettext</para> |
---|
| 130 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext.sh"> |
---|
| 131 | <primary sortas="b-gettext.sh">gettext.sh</primary> |
---|
| 132 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 133 | </listitem> |
---|
| 134 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 135 | |
---|
[3f8be484] | 136 | <varlistentry id="gettextize"> |
---|
| 137 | <term><command>gettextize</command></term> |
---|
| 138 | <listitem> |
---|
| 139 | <para>Copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level |
---|
| 140 | directory of a package to begin internationalizing it</para> |
---|
| 141 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"> |
---|
| 142 | <primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary> |
---|
| 143 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 144 | </listitem> |
---|
| 145 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 146 | |
---|
| 147 | <varlistentry id="hostname-gettext"> |
---|
| 148 | <term><command>hostname</command></term> |
---|
| 149 | <listitem> |
---|
| 150 | <para>Displays a network hostname in various forms</para> |
---|
| 151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"> |
---|
| 152 | <primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary> |
---|
| 153 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 154 | </listitem> |
---|
| 155 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 156 | |
---|
| 157 | <varlistentry id="msgattrib"> |
---|
| 158 | <term><command>msgattrib</command></term> |
---|
| 159 | <listitem> |
---|
| 160 | <para>Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their |
---|
| 161 | attributes and manipulates the attributes</para> |
---|
| 162 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"> |
---|
| 163 | <primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary> |
---|
| 164 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 165 | </listitem> |
---|
| 166 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 167 | |
---|
| 168 | <varlistentry id="msgcat"> |
---|
| 169 | <term><command>msgcat</command></term> |
---|
| 170 | <listitem> |
---|
| 171 | <para>Concatenates and merges the given |
---|
| 172 | <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para> |
---|
| 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"> |
---|
| 174 | <primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary> |
---|
| 175 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 176 | </listitem> |
---|
| 177 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 178 | |
---|
| 179 | <varlistentry id="msgcmp"> |
---|
| 180 | <term><command>msgcmp</command></term> |
---|
| 181 | <listitem> |
---|
| 182 | <para>Compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename> |
---|
| 183 | files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings</para> |
---|
| 184 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"> |
---|
| 185 | <primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary> |
---|
| 186 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 187 | </listitem> |
---|
| 188 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 189 | |
---|
| 190 | <varlistentry id="msgcomm"> |
---|
| 191 | <term><command>msgcomm</command></term> |
---|
| 192 | <listitem> |
---|
| 193 | <para>Finds the messages that are common to to the given |
---|
| 194 | <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para> |
---|
| 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"> |
---|
| 196 | <primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary> |
---|
| 197 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 198 | </listitem> |
---|
| 199 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 200 | |
---|
| 201 | <varlistentry id="msgconv"> |
---|
| 202 | <term><command>msgconv</command></term> |
---|
| 203 | <listitem> |
---|
| 204 | <para>Converts a translation catalog to a different character |
---|
| 205 | encoding</para> |
---|
| 206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"> |
---|
| 207 | <primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary> |
---|
| 208 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 209 | </listitem> |
---|
| 210 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 211 | |
---|
| 212 | <varlistentry id="msgen"> |
---|
| 213 | <term><command>msgen</command></term> |
---|
| 214 | <listitem> |
---|
| 215 | <para>Creates an English translation catalog</para> |
---|
| 216 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"> |
---|
| 217 | <primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary> |
---|
| 218 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 219 | </listitem> |
---|
| 220 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 221 | |
---|
| 222 | <varlistentry id="msgexec"> |
---|
| 223 | <term><command>msgexec</command></term> |
---|
| 224 | <listitem> |
---|
| 225 | <para>Applies a command to all translations of a translation |
---|
| 226 | catalog</para> |
---|
| 227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"> |
---|
| 228 | <primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary> |
---|
| 229 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 230 | </listitem> |
---|
| 231 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 232 | |
---|
| 233 | <varlistentry id="msgfilter"> |
---|
| 234 | <term><command>msgfilter</command></term> |
---|
| 235 | <listitem> |
---|
| 236 | <para>Applies a filter to all translations of a translation |
---|
| 237 | catalog</para> |
---|
| 238 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"> |
---|
| 239 | <primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary> |
---|
| 240 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 241 | </listitem> |
---|
| 242 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 243 | |
---|
| 244 | <varlistentry id="msgfmt"> |
---|
| 245 | <term><command>msgfmt</command></term> |
---|
| 246 | <listitem> |
---|
| 247 | <para>Generates a binary message catalog from a translation |
---|
| 248 | catalog</para> |
---|
| 249 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"> |
---|
| 250 | <primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary> |
---|
| 251 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 252 | </listitem> |
---|
| 253 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 254 | |
---|
| 255 | <varlistentry id="msggrep"> |
---|
| 256 | <term><command>msggrep</command></term> |
---|
| 257 | <listitem> |
---|
| 258 | <para>Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a |
---|
| 259 | given pattern or belong to some given source files</para> |
---|
| 260 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"> |
---|
| 261 | <primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary> |
---|
| 262 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 263 | </listitem> |
---|
| 264 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 265 | |
---|
| 266 | <varlistentry id="msginit"> |
---|
| 267 | <term><command>msginit</command></term> |
---|
| 268 | <listitem> |
---|
| 269 | <para>Creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file, |
---|
| 270 | initializing the meta information with values from the user's |
---|
| 271 | environment</para> |
---|
| 272 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"> |
---|
| 273 | <primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary> |
---|
| 274 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 275 | </listitem> |
---|
| 276 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 277 | |
---|
| 278 | <varlistentry id="msgmerge"> |
---|
| 279 | <term><command>msgmerge</command></term> |
---|
| 280 | <listitem> |
---|
| 281 | <para>Combines two raw translations into a single file</para> |
---|
| 282 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"> |
---|
| 283 | <primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary> |
---|
| 284 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 285 | </listitem> |
---|
| 286 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 287 | |
---|
| 288 | <varlistentry id="msgunfmt"> |
---|
| 289 | <term><command>msgunfmt</command></term> |
---|
| 290 | <listitem> |
---|
| 291 | <para>Decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation |
---|
| 292 | text</para> |
---|
| 293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"> |
---|
| 294 | <primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary> |
---|
| 295 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 296 | </listitem> |
---|
| 297 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 298 | |
---|
| 299 | <varlistentry id="msguniq"> |
---|
| 300 | <term><command>msguniq</command></term> |
---|
| 301 | <listitem> |
---|
| 302 | <para>Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog</para> |
---|
| 303 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"> |
---|
| 304 | <primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary> |
---|
| 305 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 306 | </listitem> |
---|
| 307 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 308 | |
---|
| 309 | <varlistentry id="ngettext"> |
---|
| 310 | <term><command>ngettext</command></term> |
---|
| 311 | <listitem> |
---|
| 312 | <para>Displays native language translations of a textual message whose |
---|
| 313 | grammatical form depends on a number</para> |
---|
| 314 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"> |
---|
| 315 | <primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary> |
---|
| 316 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 317 | </listitem> |
---|
| 318 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 319 | |
---|
[98ae333] | 320 | <varlistentry id="recode-sr-latin"> |
---|
| 321 | <term><command>recode-sr-latin</command></term> |
---|
| 322 | <listitem> |
---|
| 323 | <para>Recode Serbian text from Cyrillic to Latin script.</para> |
---|
| 324 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext recode-sr-latin"> |
---|
| 325 | <primary sortas="b-recode-sr-latin">recode-sr-latin</primary> |
---|
| 326 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 327 | </listitem> |
---|
| 328 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 329 | |
---|
[3f8be484] | 330 | <varlistentry id="xgettext"> |
---|
| 331 | <term><command>xgettext</command></term> |
---|
| 332 | <listitem> |
---|
| 333 | <para>Extracts the translatable message lines from the given source |
---|
| 334 | files to make the first translation template</para> |
---|
| 335 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"> |
---|
| 336 | <primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary> |
---|
| 337 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 338 | </listitem> |
---|
| 339 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 340 | |
---|
| 341 | <varlistentry id="libasprintf"> |
---|
| 342 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term> |
---|
| 343 | <listitem> |
---|
| 344 | <para>defines the <emphasis>autosprintf</emphasis> class, which makes |
---|
| 345 | C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the |
---|
| 346 | <emphasis><string></emphasis> strings and the |
---|
| 347 | <emphasis><iostream></emphasis> streams</para> |
---|
| 348 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"> |
---|
| 349 | <primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary> |
---|
| 350 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 351 | </listitem> |
---|
| 352 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 353 | |
---|
| 354 | <varlistentry id="libgettextlib"> |
---|
| 355 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term> |
---|
| 356 | <listitem> |
---|
| 357 | <para>a private library containing common routines used by the |
---|
| 358 | various Gettext programs; these are not intended for general use</para> |
---|
| 359 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"> |
---|
| 360 | <primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary> |
---|
| 361 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 362 | </listitem> |
---|
| 363 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 364 | |
---|
| 365 | <varlistentry id="libgettextpo"> |
---|
| 366 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term> |
---|
| 367 | <listitem> |
---|
| 368 | <para>Used to write specialized programs that process |
---|
| 369 | <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files; this library is |
---|
| 370 | used when the standard applications shipped with Gettext (such as |
---|
| 371 | <command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>, |
---|
| 372 | <command>msgattrib</command>, and <command>msgen</command>) will |
---|
| 373 | not suffice</para> |
---|
| 374 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"> |
---|
| 375 | <primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary> |
---|
| 376 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 377 | </listitem> |
---|
| 378 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 379 | |
---|
| 380 | <varlistentry id="libgettextsrc"> |
---|
| 381 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term> |
---|
| 382 | <listitem> |
---|
| 383 | <para>A private library containing common routines used by the |
---|
| 384 | various Gettext programs; these are not intended for general use</para> |
---|
| 385 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"> |
---|
| 386 | <primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary> |
---|
| 387 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 388 | </listitem> |
---|
| 389 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 390 | |
---|
[342dc8b] | 391 | <varlistentry id="preloadable_libintl.so"> |
---|
| 392 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">preloadable_libintl.so</filename></term> |
---|
| 393 | <listitem> |
---|
| 394 | <para>A library, intended to be used by LD_PRELOAD, that assists |
---|
| 395 | <filename class="libraryfile">libintl</filename> in logging |
---|
| 396 | untranslated messages.</para> |
---|
[1323820] | 397 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext preloadable_libintl.so"> |
---|
| 398 | <primary sortas="c-preloadable_libintl.so">preloadable_libintl.so</primary> |
---|
[342dc8b] | 399 | </indexterm> |
---|
| 400 | </listitem> |
---|
| 401 | </varlistentry> |
---|
| 402 | |
---|
[3f8be484] | 403 | </variablelist> |
---|
| 404 | |
---|
| 405 | </sect2> |
---|
| 406 | |
---|
| 407 | </sect1> |
---|