To: info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu, bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 10:35:09 +0200 From: Ulrich Drepper Distribution: world Approved: info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu Path: shire.ontko.com!mips.infocom.com!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ai-lab!prep.ai.mit.edu!gnu Newsgroups: gnu.announce,gnu.utils.bug,comp.os.linux.misc Followup-To: gnu.utils.bug Message-ID: Subject: gettext-0.9a Lines: 96 Xref: shire.ontko.com gnu.announce:101 comp.os.linux.misc:26578 Hi folks, gettext-0.9 (actually gettext-0.9a.tar.gz) is now on prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu. It is a bugfix release which hopefully can be compiled on all interesting system. This package is especially interesting for authors and maintainers who want to internationalize their packages. One step is native language support in the messages the program prints. GNU gettext provides the needed library and tool support to enable the programmers to extend their programs and maintain the message catalogs. The library code itself will be used in many GNU packages. So installing this package and reporting possible problems will also help to prevent errors in other packages. But the package is also interesting for normal users because the manual contained in this package provides general information about internationalization of GNU packages. Second the program `gettext' included here will be necessary for fully internationalizing some GNU packages (e.g. GNU sharutils). Besides the library, GNU gettext contains programs to maintain message catalogs and to produce the needed binary representation. Among the maintenance tools is the Emacs PO mode, written by Fran$@g(Jois Pinard. This mode helps translators to handle the translation files. For further information, consult the `README' file. The `NLS' file gives information about the current state of the internationalization effort inside the GNU project. `INSTALL' contains the usual information about installation. In case you find a bug or have problems installing the package, send a report to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mi.edu The next release will be a feature release. The amount of planned changes is large so I don't know when it will be released. I hope to reduce the number of user-visible changes to a minimum but if you intend to use GNU gettext in one of your own projects it is a good idea to first get in touch with me. I also could keep you more closly informed about changes. I want to thanks all those unselfish people helping me to develop this software. A list can be found in the `THANKS' file. In case I omitted somebody, I beg you not to believe it was intended. Write to me, so I may include you in future versions. -- Uli ________--------------------------------------------------------------- \ / Ulrich Drepper / Univ. at Karlsruhe, Germany / CS Dept. / IPD L\inux/ email: drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu smail: Rubensstr. 5 \ / drepper@ipd.info.uni-karlsruhe.de 76149 Karlsruhe \/1.3.15 ------------------------------------------ Germany -------- [ Most GNU software is packed using the GNU `gzip' compression program. Source code is available on most sites distributing GNU software. For information on how to order GNU software on tape, floppy or cd-rom, or printed GNU manuals, check the file etc/ORDERS in the GNU Emacs distribution, ftp the file /pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS on prep, or e-mail a request to: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu By ordering your GNU software from the FSF, you help us continue to develop more free software. Media revenues are our primary source of support. Donations to FSF are deductible on US tax returns. The above software will soon be at these ftp sites as well. Please try them before prep.ai.mit.edu as prep is very busy! thanx -gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu ASIA: ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp:/ftpsync/prep, cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr:/pub/gnu, ftp.nectec.or.th:/pub/mirrors/gnu AUSTRALIA: archie.au:/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet) AFRICA: ftp.sun.ac.za:/pub/gnu MIDDLE-EAST: ftp.technion.ac.il:/pub/unsupported/gnu EUROPE: irisa.irisa.fr:/pub/gnu, ftp.univ-lyon1.fr:pub/gnu, ftp.mcc.ac.uk, unix.hensa.ac.uk:/mirrors/uunet/systems/gnu, src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu, ftp.ieunet.ie:pub/gnu, ftp.eunet.ch, nic.switch.ch:/mirror/gnu, ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/gnu, ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, ftp.win.tue.nl:/pub/gnu, ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es:/pub/gnu ftp.funet.fi:/pub/gnu, ftp.denet.dk, ftp.stacken.kth.se, isy.liu.se, ftp.luth.se:/pub/unix/gnu, ftp.sunet.se:/pub/gnu, archive.eu.net SOUTH AMERICA: ftp.inf.utfsm.cl:/pub/gnu, ftp.unicamp.br:/pub/gnu WESTERN CANADA: ftp.cs.ubc.ca:/mirror2/gnu USA: wuarchive.wustl.edu:/systems/gnu, labrea.stanford.edu, ftp.digex.net:/pub/gnu, ftp.kpc.com:/pub/mirror/gnu, f.ms.uky.edu:/pub3/gnu, jaguar.utah.edu:/gnustuff, ftp.hawaii.edu:/mirrors/gnu, uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu:/pub/gnu, ftp.cs.columbia.edu:/archives/gnu/prep, col.hp.com:/mirrors/gnu, gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/GNU, ftp.uu.net:/systems/gnu ]