Dpkg::Gettext(3perl) libdpkg-perl Dpkg::Gettext(3perl)
NAME
Dpkg::Gettext - convenience wrapper around Locale::gettext
DESCRIPTION
The Dpkg::Gettext module is a convenience wrapper over the
Locale::gettext module, to guarantee we always have working gettext
functions, and to add some commonly used aliases.
ENVIRONMENT
DPKG_NLS
When set to 0, this environment variable will disable the National
Language Support in all Dpkg modules.
VARIABLES
$Dpkg::Gettext::DEFAULT_TEXT_DOMAIN
Specifies the default text domain name to be used with the short
function aliases. This is intended to be used by the Dpkg modules,
so that they can produce localized messages even when the calling
program has set the current domain with textdomain(). If you would
like to use the aliases for your own modules, you might want to set
this variable to undef, or to another domain, but then the Dpkg
modules will not produce localized messages.
FUNCTIONS
$domain = textdomain($new_domain)
Compatibility textdomain() fallback when Locale::gettext is not
available.
If $new_domain is not undef, it will set the current domain to
$new_domain. Returns the current domain, after possibly changing
it.
$trans = gettext($msgid)
Compatibility gettext() fallback when Locale::gettext is not
available.
Returns $msgid.
$trans = ngettext($msgid, $msgid_plural, $n)
Compatibility ngettext() fallback when Locale::gettext is not
available.
Returns $msgid if $n is 1 or $msgid_plural otherwise.
$trans = g_($msgid)
Calls dgettext() on the $msgid and returns its translation for the
current locale. If dgettext() is not available, simply returns
$msgid.
$trans = C_($msgctxt, $msgid)
Calls dgettext() on the $msgid and returns its translation for the
specific $msgctxt supplied. If dgettext() is not available, simply
returns $msgid.
$trans = P_($msgid, $msgid_plural, $n)
Calls dngettext(), returning the correct translation for the plural
form dependent on $n. If dngettext() is not available, returns
$msgid if $n is 1 or $msgid_plural otherwise.
$msgid = N_($msgid)
A pseudo function that servers as a marker for automated extraction
of messages, but does not call gettext(). The run-time translation
is done at a different place in the code.
CHANGES
Version 2.01 (dpkg 1.21.10)
New function: gettext().
Version 2.00 (dpkg 1.20.0)
Remove function: _g().
Version 1.03 (dpkg 1.19.0)
New envvar: Add support for new DPKG_NLS environment variable.
Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.18.3)
New function: N_().
Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.18.0)
Now the short aliases (g_ and P_) will call domain aware functions with
$DEFAULT_TEXT_DOMAIN.
New functions: g_(), C_().
Deprecated function: _g().
Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
Mark the module as public.
1.22.6 2025-09-18 Dpkg::Gettext(3perl)
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