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Re: [cdebconf] helper macros, i18n, backup, etc



ons 2002-12-11 klockan 16.07 skrev Denis Barbier:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 12:45:45AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote:
> [...]
> > 3. May I set a _ macro in frontend.h in order to start i18n of
> > frontends?  As libdiscover already calls dcgettext, I would like to
> > set it to
> >    #define _(x) dcgettext("cdebconf", (x), LC_MESSAGES)
> [...]
> 
> An alternative is to store msgids in debconf 'text' elements, there
> is then no need for libc gettext.

But discover already uses dcgettext, why not use the simple convenience
of _("string to be translated")? Is there a reason why a .c or a shell
script can't put in the same POTFILES.in as the templates file? We sure
want all translatable strings to end up in the same .po file!


/Martin

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