1 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
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19 (define-module (guix i18n)
20 #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
25 %package-text-domain))
29 ;;; Internationalization support.
33 (define %gettext-domain
34 ;; Text domain for strings used in the tools.
37 (define %package-text-domain
38 ;; Text domain for package synopses and descriptions.
41 (define G_ (cut gettext <> %gettext-domain))
42 (define N_ (cut ngettext <> <> <> %gettext-domain))
45 "Return the translation of the package description or synopsis MSGID."
46 ;; Descriptions/synopses might occasionally be empty strings, even if that
47 ;; is something we try to avoid. Since (gettext "") can return a non-empty
48 ;; string, explicitly check for that case.
49 (if (string-null? msgid)
51 (gettext msgid %package-text-domain)))