Re: [help-gengetopt] Feature requests: gettext

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Tim Post wrote:
> > as I said, I can cross my heart on that... probably some years ago, but 
> > I don't remember where... so probably I confused it with another program...
>
> Actually we share the same foggy memory. Maybe it was BEOS? I can't put
> my finger on it either. When I looked, I could not find it .. so it had
> to have been something now off the 'radar'.

mh... I don't think it was BEOS...

> Perhaps it will lead to building the better getopt :) The modern getopt
> should not use gettext, rather it should let us register a callback
> function that prints and deciphers its noise according to weight. (5
> being debug, 1 being error). That callback could then use gettext .. and
> the issue would be solved.
>
> This keeps extra dependencies out, but still makes internationalization
> simple .. yes? :)

yes, that'd be a nice implementation! :-)

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