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<H1>GNU gettext tools, version 0.10.37</H1>
<H2>Native Language Support Library and Tools</H2>
<H2>Edition 0.10.37, 19 April 2001</H2>
<ADDRESS>Ulrich Drepper</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Jim Meyering</ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>Fran@,{c}ois Pinard</ADDRESS>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC1" HREF="gettext_1.html#SEC1">1  Introduction</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC2" HREF="gettext_1.html#SEC2">1.1  The Purpose of GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE></A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC3" HREF="gettext_1.html#SEC3">1.2  I18n, L10n, and Such</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC4" HREF="gettext_1.html#SEC4">1.3  Aspects in Native Language Support</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC5" HREF="gettext_1.html#SEC5">1.4  Files Conveying Translations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC6" HREF="gettext_1.html#SEC6">1.5  Overview of GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE></A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC7" HREF="gettext_2.html#SEC7">2  PO Files and PO Mode Basics</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC8" HREF="gettext_2.html#SEC8">2.1  Completing GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE> Installation</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC9" HREF="gettext_2.html#SEC9">2.2  The Format of PO Files</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC10" HREF="gettext_2.html#SEC10">2.3  Main PO mode Commands</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC11" HREF="gettext_2.html#SEC11">2.4  Entry Positioning</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC12" HREF="gettext_2.html#SEC12">2.5  Normalizing Strings in Entries</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC13" HREF="gettext_3.html#SEC13">3  Preparing Program Sources</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC14" HREF="gettext_3.html#SEC14">3.1  Triggering <CODE>gettext</CODE> Operations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC15" HREF="gettext_3.html#SEC15">3.2  How Marks Appear in Sources</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC16" HREF="gettext_3.html#SEC16">3.3  Marking Translatable Strings</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC17" HREF="gettext_3.html#SEC17">3.4  Special Comments preceding Keywords</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC18" HREF="gettext_3.html#SEC18">3.5  Special Cases of Translatable Strings</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC19" HREF="gettext_4.html#SEC19">4  Making the PO Template File</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC20" HREF="gettext_4.html#SEC20">4.1  Invoking the <CODE>xgettext</CODE> Program</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC21" HREF="gettext_5.html#SEC21">5  Creating a New PO File</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC22" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC22">6  Updating Existing PO Files</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC23" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC23">6.1  Invoking the <CODE>msgmerge</CODE> Program</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC24" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC24">6.2  Translated Entries</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC25" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC25">6.3  Fuzzy Entries</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC26" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC26">6.4  Untranslated Entries</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC27" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC27">6.5  Obsolete Entries</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC28" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC28">6.6  Modifying Translations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC29" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC29">6.7  Modifying Comments</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC30" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC30">6.8  Details of Sub Edition</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC31" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC31">6.9  C Sources Context</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC32" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC32">6.10  Consulting Auxiliary PO Files</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC33" HREF="gettext_6.html#SEC33">6.11  Using Translation Compendiums</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC34" HREF="gettext_7.html#SEC34">7  Producing Binary MO Files</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC35" HREF="gettext_7.html#SEC35">7.1  Invoking the <CODE>msgfmt</CODE> Program</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC36" HREF="gettext_7.html#SEC36">7.2  The Format of GNU MO Files</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC37" HREF="gettext_8.html#SEC37">8  The User's View</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC38" HREF="gettext_8.html#SEC38">8.1  The Current <TT>`ABOUT-NLS'</TT> Matrix</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC39" HREF="gettext_8.html#SEC39">8.2  Magic for Installers</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC40" HREF="gettext_8.html#SEC40">8.3  Magic for End Users</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC41" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC41">9  The Programmer's View</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC42" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC42">9.1  About <CODE>catgets</CODE></A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC43" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC43">9.1.1  The Interface</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC44" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC44">9.1.2  Problems with the <CODE>catgets</CODE> Interface?!</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC45" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC45">9.2  About <CODE>gettext</CODE></A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC46" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC46">9.2.1  The Interface</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC47" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC47">9.2.2  Solving Ambiguities</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC48" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC48">9.2.3  Locating Message Catalog Files</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC49" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC49">9.2.4  How to specify the output character set <CODE>gettext</CODE> uses</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC50" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC50">9.2.5  Additional functions for plural forms</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC51" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC51">9.2.6  How to use <CODE>gettext</CODE> in GUI programs</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC52" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC52">9.2.7  Optimization of the *gettext functions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC53" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC53">9.3  Comparing the Two Interfaces</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC54" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC54">9.4  Using libintl.a in own programs</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC55" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC55">9.5  Being a <CODE>gettext</CODE> grok</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC56" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC56">9.6  Temporary Notes for the Programmers Chapter</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC57" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC57">9.6.1  Temporary - Two Possible Implementations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC58" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC58">9.6.2  Temporary - About <CODE>catgets</CODE></A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC59" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC59">9.6.3  Temporary - Why a single implementation</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC60" HREF="gettext_9.html#SEC60">9.6.4  Temporary - Notes</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC61" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC61">10  The Translator's View</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC62" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC62">10.1  Introduction 0</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC63" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC63">10.2  Introduction 1</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC64" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC64">10.3  Discussions</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC65" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC65">10.4  Organization</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC66" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC66">10.4.1  Central Coordination</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC67" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC67">10.4.2  National Teams</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC68" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC68">10.4.2.1  Sub-Cultures</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC69" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC69">10.4.2.2  Organizational Ideas</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC70" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC70">10.4.3  Mailing Lists</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC71" HREF="gettext_10.html#SEC71">10.5  Information Flow</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC72" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC72">11  The Maintainer's View</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC73" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC73">11.1  Flat or Non-Flat Directory Structures</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC74" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC74">11.2  Prerequisite Works</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC75" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC75">11.3  Invoking the <CODE>gettextize</CODE> Program</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC76" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC76">11.4  Files You Must Create or Alter</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC77" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC77">11.4.1  <TT>`POTFILES.in'</TT> in <TT>`po/'</TT></A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC78" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC78">11.4.2  <TT>`configure.in'</TT> at top level</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC79" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC79">11.4.3  <TT>`config.guess'</TT>, <TT>`config.sub'</TT> at top level</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC80" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC80">11.4.4  <TT>`aclocal.m4'</TT> at top level</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC81" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC81">11.4.5  <TT>`acconfig.h'</TT> at top level</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC82" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC82">11.4.6  <TT>`Makefile.in'</TT> at top level</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC83" HREF="gettext_11.html#SEC83">11.4.7  <TT>`Makefile.in'</TT> in <TT>`src/'</TT></A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC84" HREF="gettext_12.html#SEC84">12  Concluding Remarks</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC85" HREF="gettext_12.html#SEC85">12.1  History of GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE></A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC86" HREF="gettext_12.html#SEC86">12.2  Related Readings</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC87" HREF="gettext_13.html#SEC87">A  Language Codes</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC88" HREF="gettext_14.html#SEC88">B  Country Codes</A>
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