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