Re: C programming: What does this construct in printf(_(" means?

[Moritz Schulte <moritz@chaosdorf.de>]

shaulka@bezeqint.net writes:

> What does the construct
> 
>    _("What ever format string I use")
> 
> means in the context of printf?

This construct is often used for 'gettext'. gettext translates text
messages.

>From gettext's info page:

   Many packages use `_' (a simple underline) as a keyword, and write
`_("Translatable string")' instead of `gettext ("Translatable
string")'.

	moritz
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