Re: Native Language Support under Linux
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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.
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Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
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