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diff --git a/chapter06/gettext.xml b/chapter06/gettext.xml index 2c4683804..34d0ee32e 100644 --- a/chapter06/gettext.xml +++ b/chapter06/gettext.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-gettext" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-tools-gettext" role="wrap"> <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?> <sect1info condition="script"> @@ -16,25 +16,25 @@ <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext"> + <indexterm zone="ch-tools-gettext"> <primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary> + <secondary>tools</secondary> </indexterm> <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and - localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native Language - Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native - language.</para> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" + href="../chapter08/gettext.xml" + xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>&gettext-ch6-sbu;</seg> - <seg>&gettext-ch6-du;</seg> + <seg>&gettext-ch5-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&gettext-ch5-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> @@ -43,402 +43,42 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Gettext</title> - <!-- This has been fixed in upstream gnulib, when a new version of - gettext is released, please check #4055 to see if the change has been - picked up in this package - - As of April 11, 2018, 'TESTS = test-lock' is in gettext-runtime/tests/Makefile.am - Perhaps the test is fixed. + <para>For our temporary set of tools, we only need to install + three programs from Gettext.</para> - There is no reference to 'test' or TEST in gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/Makefile.am - --> - <!-- - <para>First, suppress two invocations of test-lock which on some machines - can loop forever:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/^TESTS =/d' gettext-runtime/tests/Makefile.in && -sed -i 's/test-lock..EXEEXT.//' gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>--> - - <!-- As of April 11, 2018 appdata.* is NOT in git master, but appears - to be in metainfo.{its,loc}, When updating, check BLFS gnome-screenshot. --> - -<!-- - <para>Now fix a configuration file:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/AppData/{N;N;p;s/\.appdata\./.metainfo./}' \ - -i gettext-tools/its/appdata.loc</userinput></screen> ---> <para>Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \ - --disable-static \ - --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --disable-shared</userinput></screen> - <para>Compile the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="make">make BISON_LOCALEDIR=/usr/share/locale</userinput></screen> - - <variablelist> - <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title> + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>BISON_LOCALEDIR=/usr/share/locale</parameter></term> + <term><parameter>--disable-shared</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>Since bison is not yet installed in /usr, configure hardcodes - the directory containing translations for the bison program (the - "locale" directory) as /tools/share/locale. Passing this variable - to make allows overriding the choice made by configure.</para> + <para>We do not need to install any of the shared Gettext libraries at + this time, therefore there is no need to build them.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> - <para>To test the results (this takes a long time, around 3 SBUs), - issue:</para> + <para>Compile the package:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> - <para>Install the package:</para> + <para>Install the <command>msgfmt</command>, <command>msgmerge</command> and + <command>xgettext</command> programs:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="install">make install -chmod -v 0755 /usr/lib/preloadable_libintl.so</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v gettext-tools/src/{msgfmt,msgmerge,xgettext} /usr/bin</userinput></screen> </sect2> - <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content"> - <title>Contents of Gettext</title> - - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> - <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> - <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> - - <seglistitem> - <seg>autopoint, envsubst, gettext, gettext.sh, - gettextize, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen, - msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq, - ngettext, recode-sr-latin, and xgettext</seg> - <seg>libasprintf.so, libgettextlib.so, libgettextpo.so, - libgettextsrc.so, libtextstyle.so, and preloadable_libintl.so</seg> - <seg>/usr/lib/gettext, /usr/share/doc/gettext-&gettext-version;, - /usr/share/gettext, and /usr/share/gettext-0.19.8</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - <variablelist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> - <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> - <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - - <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="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="gettext.sh"> - <term><command>gettext.sh</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Primarily serves as a shell function library for gettext</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext.sh"> - <primary sortas="b-gettext.sh">gettext.sh</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="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 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 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="recode-sr-latin"> - <term><command>recode-sr-latin</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Recodes Serbian text from Cyrillic to Latin script</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext recode-sr-latin"> - <primary sortas="b-recode-sr-latin">recode-sr-latin</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> - - <varlistentry id="libtextstyle"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">libtextstyle</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>Text styling library</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libtextstyle"> - <primary sortas="c-libtextstyle">libtextstyle</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> + <sect2 role="content"> + <title/> - <varlistentry id="preloadable_libintl"> - <term><filename class="libraryfile">preloadable_libintl</filename></term> - <listitem> - <para>A library, intended to be used by LD_PRELOAD that assists - <filename class="libraryfile">libintl</filename> in logging - untranslated messages</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext preloadable_libintl"> - <primary sortas="c-preloadable_libintl">preloadable_libintl</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> + <para>Details on this package are located in + <xref linkend="contents-gettext" role="."/></para> </sect2> |