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diff --git a/doc/gettext.texi b/doc/gettext.texi index 20b28f2..3709b1c 100644 --- a/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/doc/gettext.texi @@ -633,8 +633,21 @@ or in a central header file: @noindent Doing this allows you to prepare the sources for internationalization. Later when you feel ready for the step to use the @code{gettext} library -simply remove these definitions, include @file{libintl.h} and link -against @file{libintl.a}. That is all you have to change. +simply replace these definitions by the following: + +@example +@group +#include <libintl.h> +#define _(String) gettext (String) +#define gettext_noop(String) (String) +#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String) +@end group +@end example + +and link against @file{libintl.a} or @file{libintl.so}. Note that on +GNU systems, you don't need to link with @code{libintl} because the +@code{gettext} library functions are already contained in GNU libc. +That is all you have to change. Once the C sources have been modified, the @code{xgettext} program is used to find and extract all translatable strings, and create an @@ -3899,17 +3912,12 @@ program which does not depend on translations to be available, but which can use any that becomes available. The same procedure can be done for the @code{gettext_noop} invocations -(@pxref{Special cases}). First you can define @code{gettext_noop} to a -no-op macro and later use the definition from @file{libintl.h}. Because -this name is not used in Suns implementation of @file{libintl.h}, -you should consider the following code for your project: +(@pxref{Special cases}). One usually defines @code{gettext_noop} as a +no-op macro. So you should consider the following code for your project: @example -#ifdef gettext_noop -# define N_(String) gettext_noop (String) -#else -# define N_(String) (String) -#endif +#define gettext_noop(String) (String) +#define N_(String) gettext_noop (String) @end example @code{N_} is a short form similar to @code{_}. The @file{Makefile} in |