Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:07:50 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Wojciech Galazka <wgalazka AT chem DOT uw DOT edu DOT pl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Localization of DJGPP programs
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Wojciech Galazka wrote:

> I would like to see support for messages in
> programs from DJGPP distribution in languages
> other than English using gettext library.
> Is it possible? Many GNU programs, FJGPP stuff
> is based on , have already *.po files available.

The GNU Gettext package has not been ported to DJGPP yet.  The main
problem is that the code pages used by Gettext on Unix are different
from what MSDOS uses, so if you look, e.g., at the files pl.po with
Polish messages on your PC, you will see them garbled.  There's a GNU
package called `recode' that should be able to convert the messages to
the correct code page.  Somebody (you?) should sit down, figure these
problems out and document the procedure to convert the *.po files so
that they will work on MSDOS.  After that, it should be relatively
easy to add the NLS (National Language Support) to the ported GNU
packages.