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