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diff --git a/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml b/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml index 4c59be861..96a0cb9b8 100644 --- a/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/gettext-desc.xml @@ -14,28 +14,36 @@ messages in the users native language rather than in the default English language.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>gettextize</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The gettextize program copies all standard gettext files into a +directory. It's used to make a package with gettext translations.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>msgcmp</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The msgcmp program compares two raw translation files.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>msgcomm</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The msgcomm program searches messages which appear in several .po +files. It's used to compare how things are translated.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>msgfmt</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The msgfmt program compiles raw translation into machine code. It's +used to create the final program/package translation file.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>msgmerge</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The msgmerge program combines two raw translations into one file. +It's used to update the raw translation with the source extract.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>msgunfmt</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The msgunfmt program decompiles translation files into raw +translation text. It can only be used if the compiled versions are +available.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>ngettext</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The ngettext program displays native language translations of a +textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number.</para></sect4> <sect4><title>xgettext</title> -<para>No description is currently available.</para></sect4> +<para>The xgettext program extracts the message lines from the programers c +files. It's used to make the first translation template.</para></sect4> </sect3> |