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<h4 class="subsection">8.2.1 The <code>gettext</code> family of functions</h4>

<p>The paradigms underlying the <code>gettext</code> approach to message
translations is different from that of the <code>catgets</code> functions the
basic functionally is equivalent.  There are functions of the following
categories:

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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Translation-with-gettext.html#Translation-with-gettext">Translation with gettext</a>:        What has to be done to translate a message. 
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Locating-gettext-catalog.html#Locating-gettext-catalog">Locating gettext catalog</a>:        How to determine which catalog to be used. 
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Advanced-gettext-functions.html#Advanced-gettext-functions">Advanced gettext functions</a>:      Additional functions for more complicated
                                    situations. 
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Charset-conversion-in-gettext.html#Charset-conversion-in-gettext">Charset conversion in gettext</a>:   How to specify the output character set
                                    <code>gettext</code> uses. 
<li><a accesskey="5" href="GUI-program-problems.html#GUI-program-problems">GUI program problems</a>:            How to use <code>gettext</code> in GUI programs. 
<li><a accesskey="6" href="Using-gettextized-software.html#Using-gettextized-software">Using gettextized software</a>:      The possibilities of the user to influence
                                    the way <code>gettext</code> works. 
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