Re: lynx-dev gettext support

[dickey]

> On Sat, Feb 27, 1999 at 02:56:08PM +0300, Leonid Pauzner wrote: 
> > Since Lynx now supports GETTEXT'ed statusline translations 
> > I think the comment from LYMessages_en.h should be rewritten 
> > as well as probably other referenses to this file (userdefs.h ?). 
> >  
> > Also, I was unlucky to find a "collections of alternate definitions" 
> > at  http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html 
> > - probably at another location but obviously out of sync now. 
>  
> My idealistic view is this "_en" file should just go away. Until that 
> happens, users should be directed to ABOUT_NLS. The situation with 
> available translations is "in limbo" until some people post URLs with 
> message catalogs that are valid. 

my practical view - I'd like to take another crack at making the Solaris
gettext work (I'm digging out from the backlog resulting from spending
60% of my time for the past 6 weeks working on another project).  Putting
most of the messages in one file is one of the side effects of working
within Solaris's gettext limitations.
  
> We have my faked-up French version, parts of a faked-up Italian one I 
> haven't finished, a Japanese version that Henry put together, and 
> rumours of a German catalog Klaus has done.  The "Free Translation 
> Project" has yet to issue a Lynx translation. 
>  
> Sigh. 
c'est la vie.
  
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