Dear Debian glibc maintainers, I am currently trying to i14e[0] a bit of software that I'm writing on Debian GNU/Linux, and have been reading up on gettext and its associated applications and libraries.
I have figured out that I need use contexts to distinguish between some short strings in my application. To this end, I've created a sample .pot file and translated .po files with the requisite msgid, msgstr and msgctxt lines. However, in order to use the strings at runtime, I need to be able to call [d[c]]pgettext(), as described in the gettext manual[1]. Despite having all the gettext-related packages that I can find installed on my system, these functions do not appear to be declared anywhere. So, I emailed debian-i18n about this a week ago to see if any other internationalisers/translators had come across this problem before.[2] The general opinion was that it appears to be a library bug. As libintl.h is part of libc6-dev, I'm making the assumption that this would be a glibc bug. But, looking through current and old glibc bug reports[3] I can find no record of anyone else having come across this problem in the past. So, before I file a bug, I am just wondering if the lack of pgettext() is intentional or if I'm even looking at the right package. Any ideas? Thanks, Adam Spragg [0] Internationalise [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Contexts [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2008/03/msg00032.html [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?ordering=normal;archive=both;src=glibc;dist=unstable;repeatmerged=1 -- Adam Spragg mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer Octal Telecom http://www.octaltelecom.co.uk/ It reverses the logical flow of conversation! > Why? > > No. > > > Should I top post? http://www.google.com/search?q=%22top+posting%22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
