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@@ -2,18 +2,32 @@ Version 0.18.3 - unreleased
* Programming languages support:
- - Lua
+ - Glade
- xgettext now supports Lua.
+ xgettext now supports GtkBuider file format used by Glade 3.
+ xgettext now also extracts contexts (msgctxt) from Glade 2 and
+ GtkBuider files.
- JavaScript
- xgettext now supports JavaScript.
+ xgettext now partially supports JavaScript. Although the current
+ JavaScript specification (ECMA-262) does not define the standard
+ set of formatting methods nor translation functions, there is a
+ growing demand for xgettext to extract string literals more
+ reliably than using the C scanner. The implementation supports
+ only a limited set of formatting methods and translation functions
+ commonly used in Gjs and other popular JavaScript libraries.
+
+ - Lua
+
+ xgettext now supports Lua.
- Python
xgettext and msgfmt's format string checking now recognize Python
- format string in braced syntax (PEP 3101).
+ format string in braced syntax (PEP 3101). xgettext now also
+ supports explicit string concatenation with '+' and handles
+ platform dependent line terminators (LF/CR/CRLF) transparently.
- Vala
@@ -22,10 +36,14 @@ Version 0.18.3 - unreleased
* msgattrib now has --previous option to keep previous msgid when
making messages fuzzy, similar to msgmerge --previous.
+* Portability:
+ - msginit now does not require GNU sed.
+
* Future backward-incompatibilities:
- In future Gettext versions, the files installed by 'gettextize'
will require Automake 1.10 or later. This will improve the
compatibility of user projects with newer Automake versions.
+ - Glade 1 file support may be dropped in the future.
Version 0.18.2 - December 2012