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  > What if we translated command-line option names? I don’t understand why
  > a command-line user should be required to speak English. In GUIs, menu
  > entries are translated, and it is more helpful than annoying.

In principle it could be a useful thing to do.
It would require an added feature in GNU getopt.

I wonder, does GNU Getopt have support for this already?

I don't think we should mention it in the GNU Coding Standards
unless/until it is implemented


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