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Re: gettext.c missing an option to set the context
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: gettext.c missing an option to set the context |
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Sun, 03 May 2020 17:36:03 +0200 |
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Hi Samuel,
> gettext.c only uses dgettext(), which doesn't allow to specify a context
> string. It should be given an option to set the context
This is implemented in gettext 0.20 or newer. From the NEWS file:
Version 0.20 - May 2019
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* Programming languages support:
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- Shell:
o The programs 'gettext', 'ngettext' now support a --context argument.
o gettext.sh contains new function eval_pgettext and eval_npgettext
for producing translations of messages with context.