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[gaim-migrate @ 1343] oo, a fun new register button. oh yeah, and the buddy list stuff got moved back from toc.c to buddy.c. isn't that nice. now you can remove toc.c and rvous.c, comment out one line in prpl.c, and get rid of toc altogether. but you won't do that. committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
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1 Notes on the Free Translation Project
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2 *************************************
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3
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4 Free software is going international! The Free Translation Project
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5 is a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all
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6 together, so that will gradually become able to speak many languages.
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7 A few packages already provide translations for their messages.
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9 If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may
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10 assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally,
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11 itself available at your nearest GNU archive site. But you do *not*
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12 need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using
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13 this package with messages translated.
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15 Installers will find here some useful hints. These notes also
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16 explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the
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17 available translations. They tell how people wanting to contribute and
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18 work at translations should contact the appropriate team.
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20 When reporting bugs in the `intl/' directory or bugs which may be
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21 related to internationalization, you should tell about the version of
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22 `gettext' which is used. The information can be found in the
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23 `intl/VERSION' file, in internationalized packages.
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25 One advise in advance
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26 =====================
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28 If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you
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29 should configure it using
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31 ./configure --with-included-gettext
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33 to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this
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34 package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in the
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35 operating system where this package is being installed. So far, only
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36 the `gettext' implementation in the GNU C library version 2 provides as
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37 many features (such as locale alias or message inheritance) as the
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38 implementation here. It is also not possible to offer this additional
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39 functionality on top of a `catgets' implementation. Future versions of
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40 GNU `gettext' will very likely convey even more functionality. So it
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41 might be a good idea to change to GNU `gettext' as soon as possible.
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43 So you need not provide this option if you are using GNU libc 2 or
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44 you have installed a recent copy of the GNU gettext package with the
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45 included `libintl'.
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47 INSTALL Matters
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48 ===============
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50 Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the
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51 programs they contain can be made to speak your own native language.
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52 Most such packages use GNU `gettext'. Other packages have their own
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53 ways to internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'.
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55 By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of
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56 messages. It will automatically detect whether the system provides
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57 usable `catgets' (if using this is selected by the installer) or
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58 `gettext' functions. If neither is available, the GNU `gettext' own
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59 library will be used. This library is wholly contained within this
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60 package, usually in the `intl/' subdirectory, so prior installation of
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61 the GNU `gettext' package is *not* required. Installers may use
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62 special options at configuration time for changing the default
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63 behaviour. The commands:
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65 ./configure --with-included-gettext
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66 ./configure --with-catgets
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67 ./configure --disable-nls
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69 will respectively bypass any pre-existing `catgets' or `gettext' to use
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70 the internationalizing routines provided within this package, enable
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71 the use of the `catgets' functions (if found on the locale system), or
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72 else, *totally* disable translation of messages.
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74 When you already have GNU `gettext' installed on your system and run
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75 configure without an option for your new package, `configure' will
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76 probably detect the previously built and installed `libintl.a' file and
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77 will decide to use this. This might be not what is desirable. You
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78 should use the more recent version of the GNU `gettext' library. I.e.
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79 if the file `intl/VERSION' shows that the library which comes with this
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80 package is more recent, you should use
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82 ./configure --with-included-gettext
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84 to prevent auto-detection.
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86 By default the configuration process will not test for the `catgets'
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87 function and therefore they will not be used. The reasons are already
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88 given above: the emulation on top of `catgets' cannot provide all the
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89 extensions provided by the GNU `gettext' library. If you nevertheless
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90 want to use the `catgets' functions use
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92 ./configure --with-catgets
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94 to enable the test for `catgets' (this causes no harm if `catgets' is
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95 not available on your system). If you really select this option we
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96 would like to hear about the reasons because we cannot think of any
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97 good one ourself.
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99 Internationalized packages have usually many `po/LL.po' files, where
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100 LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language. Unless
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101 translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the
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102 `--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed
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103 together with the package. However, the environment variable `LINGUAS'
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104 may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set.
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105 `LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter
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106 codes, stating which languages are allowed.
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108 Using This Package
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109 ==================
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111 As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you
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112 only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate
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113 ISO 639 `LL' two-letter code prior to using the programs in the
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114 package. For example, let's suppose that you speak German. At the
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115 shell prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de' (in `csh'),
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116 `export LANG; LANG=de' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de' (in `bash'). This
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117 can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for all.
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119 An operating system might already offer message localization for
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120 many of its programs, while other programs have been installed locally
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121 with the full capabilities of GNU `gettext'. Just using `gettext'
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122 extended syntax for `LANG' would break proper localization of already
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123 available operating system programs. In this case, users should set
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124 both `LANGUAGE' and `LANG' variables in their environment, as programs
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125 using GNU `gettext' give preference to `LANGUAGE'. For example, some
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126 Swedish users would rather read translations in German than English for
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127 when Swedish is not available. This is easily accomplished by setting
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128 `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv'.
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130 Translating Teams
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131 =================
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133 For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested
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134 people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also
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135 able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language.
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136 Each translation team has its own mailing list, courtesy of Linux
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137 International. You may reach your translation team at the address
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138 `LL@li.org', replacing LL by the two-letter ISO 639 code for your
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139 language. Language codes are *not* the same as the country codes given
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141 1997:
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143 Chinese `zh', Czech `cs', Danish `da', Dutch `nl', English `en',
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144 Esperanto `eo', Finnish `fi', French `fr', German `de', Hungarian
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145 `hu', Irish `ga', Italian `it', Indonesian `id', Japanese `ja',
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146 Korean `ko', Latin `la', Norwegian `no', Persian `fa', Polish
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147 `pl', Portuguese `pt', Russian `ru', Slovenian `sl', Spanish `es',
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148 Swedish `sv', and Turkish `tr'.
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149
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150 For example, you may reach the Chinese translation team by writing to
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151 `zh@li.org'.
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152
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153 If you'd like to volunteer to *work* at translating messages, you
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154 should become a member of the translating team for your own language.
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155 The subscribing address is *not* the same as the list itself, it has
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156 `-request' appended. For example, speakers of Swedish can send a
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157 message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body:
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159 subscribe
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161 Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate
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162 *actively* in translations, or at solving translational difficulties,
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163 rather than merely lurking around. If your team does not exist yet and
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164 you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to
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165 get started, please write to `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to reach the
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166 coordinator for all translator teams.
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167
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168 The English team is special. It works at improving and uniformizing
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169 the terminology in use. Proven linguistic skill are praised more than
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170 programming skill, here.
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171
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172 Available Packages
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173 ==================
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174
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175 Languages are not equally supported in all packages. The following
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176 matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of December
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177 1997. The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages
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178 PO files have been submitted to translation coordination.
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179
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181 .----------------------------------------------------.
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182 bash | [] [] [] | 3
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183 bison | [] [] [] | 3
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184 clisp | [] [] [] [] | 4
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185 cpio | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 6
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186 diffutils | [] [] [] [] [] | 5
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187 enscript | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 6
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188 fileutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 10
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189 findutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 9
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190 flex | [] [] [] [] | 4
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191 gcal | [] [] [] [] [] | 5
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192 gettext | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 12
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193 grep | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 10
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194 hello | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 11
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195 id-utils | [] [] [] | 3
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196 indent | [] [] [] [] [] | 5
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197 libc | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 7
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198 m4 | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 6
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199 make | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 6
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200 music | [] [] | 2
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201 ptx | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 8
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202 recode | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 9
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204 sharutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] | 6
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205 tar | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 11
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206 texinfo | [] [] [] | 3
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207 textutils | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 9
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208 wdiff | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] | 8
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209 `----------------------------------------------------'
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210 17 languages cs da de en es fi fr it ja ko nl no pl pt ru sl sv
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213 Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
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214 visible blocks let us expect. This is because a few extra PO files are
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215 used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
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216 dialects.
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218 For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
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219 which it applies should also have been internationalized and
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220 distributed as such by its maintainer. There might be an observable
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221 lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
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222 distribution.
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223
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224 If December 1997 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy
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225 of this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.
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