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@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@ +Version 0.10.36 - June 1998, by Ulrich Drepper + +* by default the emulation of gettext using the catgets() functions of + the C library is not selected anymore. GNU gettext has so many nice + extensions that this became unreasonable. Using --with-catgets the + emulation still can be requested. + +* extend xgettext program to handle other file formats other than C/C++. + For now it also handles PO file. Using this feature one can concatenate + arbitrary PO files. + +* Tcl module with gettext interface + +* Korean translation by Bang Jun Young + +* xgettext writes to stdout when default domain name is set to - + +* codeset name normalization + +* msgmerge program now has all features tupdate has (and more). + tupdate itself will be removed soon + +* po/Makefile.in.in now uses msgmerge instead of tupdate + +* escape notation in .po files are only used when explicitly selected + +* changed interface of msgunfmt to conform to GNU coding standard + +* msgmerge now knows how to handle obsolete entries. If a formerly obsolete + entry is used again msgmerge will find it + +* better implementation of comment extraction in xgettext. + +* better C format string implementation. The xgettext will classify + strings as being a format string, or not, in the .po file. The + programmer can override the decision explicitly for each string + by specifying `xgettext:c-format' and `xgettext:no-c-format' + respectively in a C comment preceding the string. + +* msgmerge program now always produces output. Fuzzy or non-existing + translations are no reason for holding back the result. + +* reasonable header entry format implemented + +* Norwegian translation by Karl Anders Øygard + +* Configure command line option `--with-gnu-gettext' is renamed to + `--with-included-gettext' + +* gettextize now can determine whether the aclocal.m4 of the project + is sufficent + +* use automake for Makefile.in generation + +* by default now only c-format is emitted in xgettext. If using the new + --debug option one can enable printing possible-c-format to see who + decided about the string: xgettext or the programmer + +* the installed libintl.h file no longer depends on HAVE_LOCALE_H being + defined. After running configure we know whether this file exists. + +* wrapping of lines in PO file output finally enabled. + A new special comment no-wrap prevents wrapping. + +* add --statistics option to msgfmt to get information about number of + translated, untranslated, and fuzzy messages + +* change behaviour of --verbose option to msgfmt. This no longer + causes the check on the messages to be performed. The check for leading + and trailing \n is always performed and the check of the format specifiers + is performed when --check is given. + +* shared library support based On Gord Matzigkeit's libtool package + +* msgcomm program by Peter Miller to extract messages shared by input + files + +* many more translations. + +* PO mode does not use recursive edit anymore, many edits may be worked on + simultaneously in a single PO file. + +* PO mode may handle many translation files at once while correlating related + entries, for helping multilingual or cultured translators. + +* On recent Emacses, PO mode automatically use proper fonts when available. + +* PO mode supports marking of C++ sources. + +* highlights original message while editing the translation + +* PO mode has commands to mail messages to teams or to the translation +coordinator, with automatic inclusion of the current PO file. + +Version 0.10 - December 1995, by Ulrich Drepper + +* implement --shell-script option for gettext program + +* implement object-oriented, lazy message handling :-) + Consult the manual for more/any information + +* implement locale name aliasing, similar to the one used + in the X Window System + +* support for GNU gettext sources in central place to support + use in development environments of other projects + +* implement CEN syntax for environment variable values + +* msgcmp program to find matches in two .po files + +* programs now have exit status != 0 if errors occured + +* libintl.a is now selfcontained and can be used without context in + other projects (even on systems missing alloca) + +* gettextize now automatically runs config.status + +* swedish message catalog + +* new options for xgettext: -D/--directory to change in specified directory + before processing the input files and -f/--files-from to specify file from + which the names of the input files are read. + The later option in necessary for large projects such as GNU C Library. + +* new programs msgmerge and msgunfmt by Peter Miller. The code of the other + programs is now also much cleaner. + +Version 0.9 - August 1995, by Ulrich Drepper + +* again many improvements on the manual + +* norwegian message catalog + +* compilation now works with --disable-nls + +* better checks + +Version 0.8 - July 1995, by Ulrich Drepper + +* much improved manual (although still far from being complete) + +* improved PO mode; it now can prepare C sources for use with gettext + by marking translatable strings + +* better support for sparse System V systems + +* check goal (kind of) + +* more input tests and warnings + +* better support for integration in other packages + +* many bugs fixed + +Version 0.7 - June 1995, by Ulrich Drepper + +* New GNU package providing functionality to internationalize and +localize other programs. + +* Implementation of the Uniforum(*) proposal for internationalization +on top of X/Open(*) style catgets functions. + +* Complete implementation of the Uniforum functions for system +lacking either of them or those who which to have a different +implementation with many advantages. + +* Implementation of the three tools for message catalog handling +described in the Uniforum. + +* Emacs po-mode for handling portable message object files which are +the basis of the work of the package. + + +(*) Some history: The POSIX working groups have so far been unable to +agree on one set of message catalog handling functions for the C Library. +For now there are competing proposals, one by the Uniforum group, led by +Sun, and the other by X/Open. Although the latter is surely implemented +on more systems, it is not perceived as the clear leader. |