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15.5.6 GNU guile - Scheme

RPMs

guile

Ubuntu packages

guile-2.0

File extension

scm

String syntax

"abc"

gettext shorthand

(_ "abc"), _"abc" (GIMP script-fu extension)

gettext/ngettext functions

gettext, ngettext

textdomain

textdomain

bindtextdomain

bindtextdomain

setlocale

(catch #t (lambda () (setlocale LC_ALL "")) (lambda args #f))

Prerequisite

(use-modules (ice-9 format))

Use or emulate GNU gettext

use

Extractor

xgettext -L Guile -k_

‘xgettext -L Scheme’ and ‘xgettext -L Guile’ are nearly equivalent. They differ in the interpretation of escape sequences in string literals: While ‘xgettext -L Scheme’ assumes the R6RS and R7RS syntax of string literals, ‘xgettext -L Guile’ assumes the syntax of string literals understood by Guile 2.x and 3.0 (without command-line option --r6rs or --r7rs, and before a #!r6rs directive is seen). After a #!r6rs directive, there is no difference any more between ‘xgettext -L Scheme’ and ‘xgettext -L Guile’ for the rest of the file.

Formatting with positions

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Portability

On platforms without gettext, no translation.

po-mode marking

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An example is available in the examples directory: hello-guile.