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Re: using gettext for libraries


From: Andrew Clausen
Subject: Re: using gettext for libraries
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 17:29:28 -0200

Hi,

Petr Vandrovec wrote:
> You should use bindtextdomain, dgettext, and eventually
> dcgettext, dngettext, dcngettext and bind_textdomain_codeset. Forget
> about gettext, ngettext and other domain-less functions.

Thanks.

> > So, why is there always exactly one domain active?
> 
> Because of it is convient for programs. Libraries must always use
> dgettext(), as does libc or other correctly internationalized libraries.

Why not have allow an arbitary number of domains?  Worried about
collisions?

Andrew Clausen



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