Re: Translate printf("Hallo")

[Beco <rcb@beco.cc>]

On 29 September 2013 23:41, Beco <rcb@beco.cc> wrote:
> On 29 September 2013 23:35, Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote:
>>> Please, what would be the correct way to translate printf messages (in
>>> a C program) into some other languages?
>>
>> You will have to learn about gettext and prepare your program for it.


Hi guys,

Do gettext assume the original program is written in english?

I'm testing this example here:

http://oriya.sarovar.org/docs/gettext_single.html


What if my program source has messages in other language?

Example, I create this program:

================> hallowelt.c <================

#include <libintl.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void)
{
      setlocale( LC_ALL, "" );
      bindtextdomain( "hallo", "~/tmp/locale" );
      textdomain( "hallo" );
      printf( gettext( "Hallo, welt!\n" ) );
      exit(0);
}

$gcc hallowelt.c -o hallowelt
and I got my binary:
================> hallowelt <================

$xgettext -d hallo -s -o hallowelt.pot hallowelt.c
and I got my template
================> hallowelt.pot <================

I created a "po" and edited it to have my translation TO ENGLISH.

$msginit -l en_US -o en_US-hallowelt.po -i hallowelt.pot

================> en_US-hallowelt.po <================

Compiled it
$msgfmt -c -v -o hallo.mo en_US-hallowelt.po
and got
================> hallo.mo <================

Now I moved it to the correct location.

$mv hallo.mo ~/tmp/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES

The problem now is that I can only run it in english!

How can I see it in the original form?


Thanks,
Beco.





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