Document a limitation of xgettext.

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@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-03-10  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * gettext.texi (gettext Invocation): Mention that xgettext does not
+       support the various options.
+       (ngettext Invocation): Likewise.
+       Reported by Aurélio A. Heckert <aurium@gmail.com>.
+
 2008-02-02  Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
 
        * gettext.texi (PO Files): Stylistic improvements.

diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi
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--- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi
+++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi
@@ -9325,11 +9325,19 @@ See @ref{eval_ngettext Invocation}.
 
 @include rt-gettext.texi
 
+Note: @code{xgettext} supports only the one-argument form of the
+@code{gettext} invocation, where no options are present and the
+@var{textdomain} is implicit, from the environment.
+
 @node ngettext Invocation, envsubst Invocation, gettext Invocation, sh
 @subsubsection Invoking the @code{ngettext} program
 
 @include rt-ngettext.texi
 
+Note: @code{xgettext} supports only the three-arguments form of the
+@code{ngettext} invocation, where no options are present and the
+@var{textdomain} is implicit, from the environment.
+
 @node envsubst Invocation, eval_gettext Invocation, ngettext Invocation, sh
 @subsubsection Invoking the @code{envsubst} program