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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2003-11-13 13:05:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2009-06-23 12:11:14 +0200 |
| commit | 7fe6b1babc1b98e0636410876eb871e69a6ac2fc (patch) | |
| tree | ff6b4bb4040e8e53f063e033a7b76dea8e6a5be3 /gettext-tools | |
| parent | 7b489fb167da23bedc5e03b32cc2bab3d2a4ff3d (diff) | |
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Tweaks.
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| -rw-r--r-- | gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi | 9 |
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diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog index 5bf4b77..0ba0158 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-11-13 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * gettext.texi (About gettext): Mention OpenI18N (ex-Li18nux). + (History): Acknowledge Paul Eggert's role. + 2003-11-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Set LC_MESSAGES and LC_ALL to empty as well. diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi index 6076ff7..56294c3 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi @@ -4481,9 +4481,9 @@ more easy to manage. @cindex @code{gettext}, a programmer's view The definition of the @code{gettext} interface comes from a Uniforum -proposal and it is followed by at least one major Unix vendor -(Sun) in its last developments. It is not specified in any official -standard, though. +proposal. It was submitted there by Sun, who had implemented the +@code{gettext} function in SunOS 4, around 1990. Nowadays, the +@code{gettext} interface is specified by the OpenI18N standard. The main point about this solution is that it does not follow the method of normal file handling (open-use-close) and that it does not @@ -9620,6 +9620,9 @@ from Patrick and Richard, of course, but also from Mitchum DSouza MacKenzie, Fran@,{c}ois Pinard, and Paul Eggert, all pushing and pulling in various directions, not always compatible, to the extent that after a couple of test releases, @code{glocale} was torn apart. +In particular, Paul Eggert -- always keeping an eye on developments +in Solaris -- advocated the use of the @code{gettext} API over +@code{glocale}'s @code{catgets}-based API. While Jim took some distance and time and became dad for a second time, Roland wanted to get GNU @code{libc} internationalized, and |