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Re: lynx-dev gettext() question
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Nelson Henry Eric |
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Re: lynx-dev gettext() question |
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Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:37:28 +0900 (JST) |
> > Just don't install a lynx.mo file and you'll get the defaults.
> > Gettext falls back to the msgid if it can't find another catalogue.
>
> At compile time or when the binary already installed?
At run time. The *.mo file is referenced by the running binary.
The *.po file, from which the *.mo file is produced, is what the
human translating the strings uses. Neither of them are needed
at compile time.
> If it's at run-time, lynx should certainly have a command-line
> switch -english for person like me who cannot guess (undocumented)
Sorry, I don't follow you here. Please explain again.
__Henry