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.IX Title "Locale::gettext_xs 3"
.TH Locale::gettext_xs 3 2025-07-13 "perl v5.42.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Locale::gettext_xs \- XS Implementation of Uniforum Message Translation
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\& use gettext_xs qw(:locale_h :libintl_h);
\&
\& gettext $msgid;
\& dgettext $domainname, $msgid;
\& dcgettext $domainname, $msgid, LC_MESSAGES;
\& ngettext $msgid, $msgid_plural, $count;
\& dngettext $domainname, $msgid, $msgid_plural, $count;
\& dcngettext $domainname, $msgid, $msgid_plural, $count, LC_MESSAGES;
\& pgettext $msgctxt, $msgid;
\& dpgettext $domainname, $msgctxt, $msgid;
\& dcpgettext $domainname, $msgctxt, $msgid, LC_MESSAGES;
\& npgettext $msgctxt, $msgid, $msgid_plural, $count;
\& dnpgettext $domainname, $msgctxt, $msgid, $msgid_plural, $count;
\& dcnpgettext $domainname, $msgctxt, $msgid, $msgid_plural, $count, LC_MESSAGES;
\& textdomain $domainname;
\& bindtextdomain $domainname, $directory;
\& bind_textdomain_codeset $domainname, $encoding;
\& my $category = LC_CTYPE;
\& my $category = LC_NUMERIC;
\& my $category = LC_TIME;
\& my $category = LC_COLLATE;
\& my $category = LC_MONETARY;
\& my $category = LC_MESSAGES;
\& my $category = LC_ALL;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The module \fBLocale::gettext_xs\fR is the low\-level interface to 
message translation according to the Uniforum approach that is
for example used in GNU gettext and Sun\*(Aqs Solaris.
.PP
The module does not necessarily work on your system.  It depends
on the presence of shared libraries that are not always available.
The higher\-level modules \fBLocale::TextDomain::\fR\|(3), resp. 
\&\fBLocale::Messages\fR\|(3) will fall back to a pure Perl version if 
boostrapping \fBLocale::gettext_xs\fR fails.
.PP
The interface of \fBLocale::gettext_xs\fR is mostly identical to the pure 
Perl version as described in \fBLocale::gettext_pp\fR\|(3), see there for details.
Differences are outlined below.
.PP
\&\fBLocale::gettext_xs\fR is downwards compatible to \fBLocale::gettext\fR\|(3)
by Phillip Vandry <vandry@Mlink.NET>.  You can use it as replacement
for \fBLocale::gettext\fR\|(3).
.PP
Please note that directory names passed to the function \fBbindtextdomain()\fR
are automatically converted from Perl semantics (slash as directory
separator) to local semantics (for example the backslash for MS\-DOS).
.SH AUTHOR
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Copyright (C) 2002\-2017 Guido Flohr <http://www.guido-flohr.net/>
(<mailto:guido.flohr@cantanea.com>), all rights reserved.  See the source
code for details!code for details!
.PP
The module is based on the work of Phillip Vandry <vandry@Mlink.NET>
in \fBLocale::gettext\fR\|(3).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fBLocale::TextDomain\fR\|(3pm), \fBLocale::gettext_pp\fR\|(3pm), \fBLocale::gettext\fR\|(3pm), 
\&\fBLocale::Messages\fR\|(3pm), \fBFile::Spec\fR\|(3), \fBperl\fR\|(1)