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15.5.1 C, C++, Objective C
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RPMs
     gcc, gpp, gobjc, glibc, gettext

File extension
     For C: ‘c’, ‘h’.
     For C++: ‘C’, ‘c++’, ‘cc’, ‘cxx’, ‘cpp’, ‘hpp’.
     For Objective C: ‘m’.

String syntax
     ‘"abc"’

gettext shorthand
     ‘_("abc")’

gettext/ngettext functions
     ‘gettext’, ‘dgettext’, ‘dcgettext’, ‘ngettext’, ‘dngettext’,
     ‘dcngettext’

textdomain
     ‘textdomain’ function

bindtextdomain
     ‘bindtextdomain’ function

setlocale
     Programmer must call ‘setlocale (LC_ALL, "")’

Prerequisite
     ‘#include <libintl.h>’
     ‘#include <locale.h>’
     ‘#define _(string) gettext (string)’

Use or emulate GNU gettext
     Use

Extractor
     ‘xgettext -k_’

Formatting with positions
     ‘fprintf "%2$d %1$d"’
     In C++: ‘autosprintf "%2$d %1$d"’ (*note Introduction:
     (autosprintf)Top.)

Portability
     autoconf (gettext.m4) and #if ENABLE_NLS

po-mode marking
     yes

   The following examples are available in the ‘examples’ directory:
‘hello-c’, ‘hello-c-gnome’, ‘hello-c++’, ‘hello-c++-qt’,
‘hello-c++-kde’, ‘hello-c++-gnome’, ‘hello-c++-wxwidgets’, ‘hello-objc’,
‘hello-objc-gnustep’, ‘hello-objc-gnome’.