GNU gettext

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free software internationalization framework localization framework software framework

GNU gettext is a widely used GNU internationalization and localization framework that provides tools and libraries for translating the text of software programs into different languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
msgfmt 1
xgettext 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf free software ⓘ
internationalization framework ⓘ
localization framework ⓘ
software framework ⓘ
category internationalization and localization software ⓘ
designGoal allow translators to work without modifying source code ⓘ
separate translatable strings from source code ⓘ
support plural forms in translations ⓘ
developer Free Software Foundation ⓘ
fileFormat Machine Object file ⓘ
Portable Object file ⓘ
homepage https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/ ⓘ
includesLibrary libintl ⓘ
includesTool msgattrib ⓘ
msgcat ⓘ
msgcomm ⓘ
msgconv ⓘ
GNU gettext self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: msgfmt

msggrep ⓘ
msginit ⓘ
msgmerge ⓘ
msgunfmt ⓘ
GNU gettext self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: xgettext
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
maintainer GNU Project maintainers ⓘ
partOf GNU Project ⓘ
provides runtime localization libraries ⓘ
tools for message extraction ⓘ
tools for message translation ⓘ
purpose translate software messages into different languages ⓘ
replaces ad-hoc localization mechanisms ⓘ
supports internationalization ⓘ
localization ⓘ
supportsFeature message context (msgctxt) ⓘ
message domains ⓘ
plural forms handling ⓘ
runtime language selection ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment) ⓘ
surface form: GNU Emacs Lisp

Java ⓘ
surface form: Java (via wrappers or related tools)

Objective-C ⓘ
Objective-C++ ⓘ
Perl ⓘ
Python ⓘ
Shell ⓘ
supportsStandard POSIX locale mechanism ⓘ
uses .mo files ⓘ
.po files ⓘ
message catalogs ⓘ
writtenIn C ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GNU Project → hasPart → GNU gettext ⓘ
GNU gettext → includesTool → GNU gettext self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: xgettext
GNU gettext → includesTool → GNU gettext self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: msgfmt