1 This is the GNU gettext package. It is interesting for authors or
2 maintainers of other packages or programs which they want to see
3 internationalized. As one step the handling of messages in different
4 languages should be implemented. For this task GNU gettext provides
5 the needed tools and library functions.
7 It is also interesting for translators, because GNU gettext provides
8 the 'msgmerge' program, which prepares a message catalog before a
11 Users of GNU packages should also install GNU gettext because some
12 other GNU packages will use the gettext program included in this
13 package to internationalize the messages given by shell scripts.
16 The homepage of this package is at
18 http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
20 The primary FTP site for its distribution is
22 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/
25 Send comments and bug reports to
26 bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org
29 The configure script provides a non-standard option. It is also
30 available in other packages that use the functionality of GNU gettext.
35 if you absolutely don't want to have messages handling code. You will
36 always get the original messages (mostly English). You could consider
37 using NLS support even when you do not need other tongues. If you do
38 not install any messages catalogs or do not specify to use another but
39 the C locale you will not get translations.
41 The set of languages for which catalogs should be installed can also be
42 specified while configuring. Of course they must be available but the
43 intersection of these two sets are computed automatically. You could
44 once and for all define in your profile/cshrc the variable LINGUAS:
46 (Bourne Shell) LINGUAS="de fr nl"; export LINGUAS
48 (C Shell) setenv LINGUAS "de fr nl"
50 or specify it directly while configuring
52 env LINGUAS="de fr nl" ./configure
54 Consult the manual for more information on language names.
57 Other files you might look into:
59 ABOUT-NLS - current state of the GNU internationalization effort
60 COPYING - copying conditions
61 DEPENDENCIES - list of prerequisite packages, to be installed before this one
62 INSTALL - general compilation and installation rules
63 NEWS - major changes in the current version
64 THANKS - list of contributors