From: Bruno Haible Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:05:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Tweaks. X-Git-Tag: v0.13~96 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7fe6b1babc1b98e0636410876eb871e69a6ac2fc;p=thirdparty%2Fgettext.git Tweaks. --- diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog index 5bf4b773a..0ba015850 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-11-13 Bruno Haible + + * gettext.texi (About gettext): Mention OpenI18N (ex-Li18nux). + (History): Acknowledge Paul Eggert's role. + 2003-11-04 Bruno Haible * Makefile.am (MAKEINFO): Set LC_MESSAGES and LC_ALL to empty as well. diff --git a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi index 6076ff72c..56294c35b 100644 --- a/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/gettext-tools/doc/gettext.texi @@ -4481,9 +4481,9 @@ more easy to manage. @cindex @code{gettext}, a programmer's view The definition of the @code{gettext} interface comes from a Uniforum -proposal and it is followed by at least one major Unix vendor -(Sun) in its last developments. It is not specified in any official -standard, though. +proposal. It was submitted there by Sun, who had implemented the +@code{gettext} function in SunOS 4, around 1990. Nowadays, the +@code{gettext} interface is specified by the OpenI18N standard. The main point about this solution is that it does not follow the method of normal file handling (open-use-close) and that it does not @@ -9620,6 +9620,9 @@ from Patrick and Richard, of course, but also from Mitchum DSouza MacKenzie, Fran@,{c}ois Pinard, and Paul Eggert, all pushing and pulling in various directions, not always compatible, to the extent that after a couple of test releases, @code{glocale} was torn apart. +In particular, Paul Eggert -- always keeping an eye on developments +in Solaris -- advocated the use of the @code{gettext} API over +@code{glocale}'s @code{catgets}-based API. While Jim took some distance and time and became dad for a second time, Roland wanted to get GNU @code{libc} internationalized, and