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8.2.1 The gettext family of functions

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

• What has to be done to translate a message?
• How to determine which catalog to be used
• Additional functions for more complicated situations
• How to specify the output character set gettext uses
• How to use gettext in GUI programs
• User influence on gettext