Re: [OT] _("STRING") notation
Sven Burgener <svenb@bluewin.ch> writes:
> What is the significance of the '_' character in the following usage?
>
> printf(_("This is fetchmail release %s"), VERSION);
>
> Why the '_' and why the additional ()'s around the string constant?
Seems that the code is using the GNU gettext library, which handles
translation of messages. Have a look at the gettext info pages...
moritz
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