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diff --git a/chapter06/gettext.xml b/chapter06/gettext.xml index 04e6b233e..50d338227 100644 --- a/chapter06/gettext.xml +++ b/chapter06/gettext.xml @@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" xreflabel="Gettext" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" role="wrap"> <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?> <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext"><primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> +<para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and +localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS, enabling them +to output messages in the user's native language.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -17,6 +20,11 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>55 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Gettext installation depends on</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, +Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -31,9 +39,10 @@ <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> +<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a very long time, around +7 SBUs.</para> -<para>Now install the package:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -42,8 +51,257 @@ <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content"><title>Contents of Gettext</title> -<para>See testing</para> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>autopoint, config.charset, config.rpath, envsubst, gettext, +gettextize, hostname, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen, +msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq, +ngettext, and xgettext</seg> +<seg>libasprintf[a,so], libgettextlib[a,so], libgettextpo[a,so] and libgettextsrc[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + +<varlistentry id="autopoint"> +<term><command>autopoint</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"><primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="config.charset"> +<term><command>config.charset</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"><primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="config.rpath"> +<term><command>config.rpath</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the +runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"><primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="envsubst"> +<term><command>envsubst</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Substitutes environment variables in shell format strings</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"><primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="gettext"> +<term><command>gettext</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Translates a natural language message into the user's language +by looking up the translation in a message catalog</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="gettextize"> +<term><command>gettextize</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level +directory of a package to begin internationalizing it</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="hostname-gettext"> +<term><command>hostname</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Displays a network hostname in various forms</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"><primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgattrib"> +<term><command>msgattrib</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their +attributes and manipulates the attributes</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgcat"> +<term><command>msgcat</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"><primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgcmp"> +<term><command>msgcmp</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename> +files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgcomm"> +<term><command>msgcomm</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Finds the messages that are common to +to the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgconv"> +<term><command>msgconv</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"><primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgen"> +<term><command>msgen</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Creates an English translation catalog</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"><primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgexec"> +<term><command>msgexec</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"><primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgfilter"> +<term><command>msgfilter</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"><primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgfmt"> +<term><command>msgfmt</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msggrep"> +<term><command>msggrep</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a +given pattern or belong to some given source files</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msginit"> +<term><command>msginit</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file, initializing the meta +information with values from the user's environment</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgmerge"> +<term><command>msgmerge</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Combines two raw translations into a single file</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"><primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msgunfmt"> +<term><command>msgunfmt</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="msguniq"> +<term><command>msguniq</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"><primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="ngettext"> +<term><command>ngettext</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Displays native language translations of a textual message whose +grammatical form depends on a number</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="xgettext"> +<term><command>xgettext</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Extracts the translatable message lines from the given source +files to make the first translation template</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libasprintf"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>defines the <emphasis>autosprintf</emphasis> class, which makes +C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the +<emphasis><string></emphasis> strings and the +<emphasis><iostream></emphasis> streams</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libgettextlib"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext +programs; these are not intended for general use</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libgettextpo"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>Used to write specialized programs that process <filename +class="extension">.po</filename> files; this library is used when the +standard applications shipped with Gettext (such as +<command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>, +<command>msgattrib</command>, and <command>msgen</command>) will not +suffice</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libgettextsrc"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>A private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext +programs; these are not intended for general use</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"><primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> + |