On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:57:36PM -0500, Kevin DeKorte wrote:
>
> I'm trying to use gettext to do translation on a GOptionEntry table,
> currently this works as is, but the text isn't translated.
>
> ...
>
> I tried this
>
> static GOptionEntry entries[] = {
> {"window", NULL, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &embed_window, _("Window to
> embed in"), "WID"},
> {"playlist", NULL, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &playlist, _("File Argument
> is a playlist"), NULL},
> {NULL}
> };
>
> But it won't compile. Using _() works on my other strings that are in
> other areas.
_() is a shorthand for gettext(). Obviously, static
variables cannot be initialized with results of run-time
function calls.
> So what is the best way to setup this entries variable and
> allow it to use translation.
Mark the strings with N_()
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-I18N.html#N-:CAPS
and use g_option_context_set_translation_domain()
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Commandline-option-parser.html#g-option-context-set-translation-domain
Yeti
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Whatever.
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