intl/libintl.h

   1 /* Message catalogs for internationalization.
   2    Copyright (C) 1995-1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   4    This file is derived from the file libgettext.h in the GNU gettext package.
   5
   6    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   7    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   8    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   9    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  10
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  12    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  13    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  14    Lesser General Public License for more details.
  15
  16    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  17    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
  18    Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
  19    02111-1307 USA.  */
  20
  21 #ifndef _LIBINTL_H
  22 #define _LIBINTL_H      1
  23
  24 #include <features.h>
  25
  26 /* We define an additional symbol to signal that we use the GNU
  27    implementation of gettext.  */
  28 #define __USE_GNU_GETTEXT 1
  29
  30 __BEGIN_DECLS
  31
  32 /* Look up MSGID in the current default message catalog for the current
  33    LC_MESSAGES locale.  If not found, returns MSGID itself (the default
  34    text).  */
  35 extern char *gettext (__const char *__msgid) __THROW;
  36
  37 /* Look up MSGID in the DOMAINNAME message catalog for the current
  38    LC_MESSAGES locale.  */
  39 extern char *dgettext (__const char *__domainname, __const char *__msgid)
  40      __THROW;
  41 extern char *__dgettext (__const char *__domainname, __const char *__msgid)
  42      __THROW __attribute_format_arg__ (2);
  43
  44 /* Look up MSGID in the DOMAINNAME message catalog for the current CATEGORY
  45    locale.  */
  46 extern char *dcgettext (__const char *__domainname,
  47                         __const char *__msgid, int __category) __THROW;
  48 extern char *__dcgettext (__const char *__domainname,
  49                           __const char *__msgid, int __category)
  50      __THROW __attribute_format_arg__ (2);
  51
  52
  53 /* Similar to `gettext' but select the plural form corresponding to the
  54    number N.  */
  55 extern char *ngettext (__const char *__msgid1, __const char *__msgid2,
  56                        unsigned long int __n)
  57      __THROW __attribute_format_arg__ (1);
  58
  59 /* Similar to `dgettext' but select the plural form corresponding to the
  60    number N.  */
  61 extern char *dngettext (__const char *__domainname, __const char *__msgid1,
  62                         __const char *__msgid2, unsigned long int __n)
  63      __THROW __attribute_format_arg__ (2);
  64
  65 /* Similar to `dcgettext' but select the plural form corresponding to the
  66    number N.  */
  67 extern char *dcngettext (__const char *__domainname, __const char *__msgid1,
  68                          __const char *__msgid2, unsigned long int __n,
  69                          int __category)
  70      __THROW __attribute_format_arg__ (2);
  71
  72
  73 /* Set the current default message catalog to DOMAINNAME.
  74    If DOMAINNAME is null, return the current default.
  75    If DOMAINNAME is "", reset to the default of "messages".  */
  76 extern char *textdomain (__const char *__domainname) __THROW;
  77
  78 /* Specify that the DOMAINNAME message catalog will be found
  79    in DIRNAME rather than in the system locale data base.  */
  80 extern char *bindtextdomain (__const char *__domainname,
  81                              __const char *__dirname) __THROW;
  82
  83 /* Specify the character encoding in which the messages from the
  84    DOMAINNAME message catalog will be returned.  */
  85 extern char *bind_textdomain_codeset (__const char *__domainname,
  86                                       __const char *__codeset) __THROW;
  87
  88
  89 /* Optimized version of the function above.  */
  90 #if defined __OPTIMIZE__
  91
  92 /* We need NULL for `gettext'.  */
  93 # define __need_NULL
  94 # include <stddef.h>
  95
  96 /* We need LC_MESSAGES for `dgettext'.  */
  97 # include <locale.h>
  98
  99 /* These must be macros.  Inlined functions are useless because the
 100    `__builtin_constant_p' predicate in dcgettext would always return
 101    false.  */
 102
 103 # define gettext(msgid) dgettext (NULL, msgid)
 104
 105 # define dgettext(domainname, msgid) \
 106   dcgettext (domainname, msgid, LC_MESSAGES)
 107
 108 # define ngettext(msgid1, msgid2, n) dngettext (NULL, msgid1, msgid2, n)
 109
 110 # define dngettext(domainname, msgid1, msgid2, n) \
 111   dcngettext (domainname, msgid1, msgid2, n, LC_MESSAGES)
 112
 113 #endif  /* Optimizing.  */
 114
 115 __END_DECLS
 116
 117 #endif /* libintl.h */