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Docs: Mention gettext setup requirements in i18n section

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Matthias Clasen 2011-02-12 12:09:39 -05:00
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@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ gettext support macros
<para>
GLib doesn't force any particular localization method upon its users.
But since GLib itself is localized using the gettext() mechanism, it seems
natural to offer the de-facto standard gettext() support macros in an
natural to offer the de-facto standard gettext() support macros in an
easy-to-use form.
</para>
<para>
In order to use these macros in an application, you must include
In order to use these macros in an application, you must include
<filename>glib/gi18n.h</filename>. For use in a library, must include
<filename>glib/gi18n-lib.h</filename> <emphasis>after</emphasis> defining
the GETTEXT_PACKAGE macro suitably for your library:
@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ the GETTEXT_PACKAGE macro suitably for your library:
&num;define GETTEXT_PACKAGE "gtk20"
&num;include &lt;glib/gi18n-lib.h&gt;
</programlisting></informalexample>
Note that you also have to call setlocale() and textdomain() (as well as
bindtextdomain() and bind_textdomain_codeset()) early on in your main()
to make gettext() work.
The gettext manual covers details of how to set up message extraction
with xgettext.
</para>
@ -237,3 +241,12 @@ Intltool has support for the NC_() macro since version 0.40.1.
@Returns:
<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_get_locale_variants ##### -->
<para>
</para>
@locale:
@Returns: