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2 .TH NGETTEXT "1" "June 2010" "GNU gettext-runtime 0.18.1" GNU
4 ngettext \- translate message and choose plural form
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] [\fITEXTDOMAIN\fR] \fIMSGID MSGID-PLURAL COUNT\fR
9 .\" Add any additional description here
10 The \fBngettext\fP program translates a natural language message into the
11 user's language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog, and
12 chooses the appropriate plural form, which depends on the number \fICOUNT\fP
13 and the language of the message catalog where the translation was found.
15 Display native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical
16 form depends on a number.
18 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-domain\fR=\fITEXTDOMAIN\fR
19 retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
22 enable expansion of some escape sequences
25 (ignored for compatibility)
27 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
28 display this help and exit
30 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
31 display version information and exit
34 retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN
37 translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)
40 choose singular/plural form based on this value
42 If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from the
43 environment variable TEXTDOMAIN. If the message catalog is not found in the
44 regular directory, another location can be specified with the environment
45 variable TEXTDOMAINDIR.
46 Standard search directory: /mingw/share/locale
48 Written by Ulrich Drepper.
50 Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
52 Copyright \(co 1995-1997, 2000-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
53 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
55 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
56 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
58 The full documentation for
60 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
64 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
68 should give you access to the complete manual.