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15.5.18.2 Which keywords will xgettext look for?
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   Unless you instruct ‘xgettext’ otherwise by invoking it with one of
the options ‘--keyword’ or ‘-k’, it will recognize the following
keywords in your Perl sources:

   • ‘gettext’

   • ‘dgettext’

   • ‘dcgettext’

   • ‘ngettext:1,2’

     The first (singular) and the second (plural) argument will be
     extracted.

   • ‘dngettext:1,2’

     The first (singular) and the second (plural) argument will be
     extracted.

   • ‘dcngettext:1,2’

     The first (singular) and the second (plural) argument will be
     extracted.

   • ‘gettext_noop’

   • ‘%gettext’

     The keys of lookups into the hash ‘%gettext’ will be extracted.

   • ‘$gettext’

     The keys of lookups into the hash reference ‘$gettext’ will be
     extracted.