-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 28 Dec 1996, Orn E. Hansen wrote:
> My native language, as that of many others isn't english. Therefore, even > though I feel the english language is a good language, I kind of want to have > the system produce messages in my native language. > > [ ... ] Maybe the Debian FAQs are not very up-to-date about this: GNU is going international through GNU gettext, and since Debian is mostly GNU based, Debian will go international through gettext also. > Now, how about a full NLS support under Debian... GNU is going International, > as they are saying. So, why not make a package that provides 'libc.cat' > files and 'packag.po' files for locales. Next Linux libc 6 (glibc 2.0) has gettext support. In every program using gettext, .po files are converted to .mo files, which are distributed *with* the package (these .mo files are what programs really use, and they are usually in /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES). Currently, Debian fileutils, textutils, shell-utils, and gettext (to name the ones I remember), have i18n support using GNU gettext. So, you won't have to compile anything yourself. Just give LANG and LC_ALL suitable values. [ If you want to contribute to the GNU i18n project, you may subscribe to one of the @li.org list and be a translator. See ABOUT-NLS file for details. The entire GNU community (not just Debian) would benefit from this ]. Thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAwUBMsUmQyqK7IlOjMLFAQFJQQQAp+yGTWzlNrmKglV2trpCe/u7oT7OHiol OB03ELLQ542k1jPuM808lmmxyqmzJMGrEDnijKSnDOXBSVikYKjKk0eHfvU6qXbd 6eM6xAs8j0y/v4Xpt6FjQ62rXefyE42Ptj6ht5d6yEUGs5X6ZaNQG42MGHKqM96L BFxXaBZSm4s= =Gizb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
