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The `gettext' family of functions
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   The paradigms underlying the `gettext' approach to message
translations is different from that of the `catgets' functions the
basic functionally is equivalent.  There are functions of the following
categories:

Translation with gettext

What has to be done to translate a message.

Locating gettext catalog

How to determine which catalog to be used.

Advanced gettext functions

Additional functions for more complicated

situations.

Charset conversion in gettext

How to specify the output character set

`gettext' uses.

GUI program problems

How to use `gettext' in GUI programs.

Using gettextized software

The possibilities of the user to influence

the way `gettext' works.