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The Uniforum approach to Message Translation
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   Sun Microsystems tried to standardize a different approach to message
translation in the Uniforum group.  There never was a real standard
defined but still the interface was used in Sun's operation systems.
Since this approach fits better in the development process of free
software it is also used throughout the GNU project and the GNU
`gettext' package provides support for this outside the GNU C Library.

   The code of the `libintl' from GNU `gettext' is the same as the code
in the GNU C Library.  So the documentation in the GNU `gettext' manual
is also valid for the functionality here.  The following text will
describe the library functions in detail.  But the numerous helper
programs are not described in this manual.  Instead people should read
the GNU `gettext' manual (Note: GNU gettext utilities.).
We will only give a short overview.

   Though the `catgets' functions are available by default on more
systems the `gettext' interface is at least as portable as the former.
The GNU `gettext' package can be used wherever the functions are not
available.

Message catalogs with gettext

The `gettext' family of functions.

Helper programs for gettext

Programs to handle message catalogs

for `gettext'.