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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-i18n.texi b/doc/ref/api-i18n.texi index 7c49b0a23..91fde02be 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-i18n.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-i18n.texi @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ message strings (@pxref{Introduction,,, gettext, GNU @code{gettext} utilities}). Messages are collected in domains, so different libraries and programs -maintain different message catalogues. The @var{domain} parameter in +maintain different message catalogs. The @var{domain} parameter in the functions below is a string (it becomes part of the message catalog filename). @@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ below. @var{category} is optional and defaults to @code{LC_MESSAGES} Normal usage is for @var{msg} to be a literal string. @command{xgettext} can extract those from the source to form a message -catalogue ready for translators (@pxref{xgettext Invocation,, Invoking +catalog ready for translators (@pxref{xgettext Invocation,, Invoking the @command{xgettext} Program, gettext, GNU @code{gettext} utilities}). @@ -539,12 +539,12 @@ with a plural form chosen appropriately for the number @var{n}. @var{msg} is the singular form, and @var{msgplural} the plural. When no translation is available, @var{msg} is used if @math{@var{n} = 1}, -or @var{msgplural} otherwise. When translated, the message catalogue +or @var{msgplural} otherwise. When translated, the message catalog can have a different rule, and can have more than two possible forms. As per @code{gettext} above, normal usage is for @var{msg} and @var{msgplural} to be literal strings, since @command{xgettext} can -extract them from the source to build a message catalogue. For +extract them from the source to build a message catalog. For example, @example @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ For example, When using Autoconf/Automake, an application should arrange for the configured @code{localedir} to get into the program (by substituting, or by generating a config file) and set that for its domain. This -ensures the catalogue can be found even when installed in a +ensures the catalog can be found even when installed in a non-standard location. @end deffn @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ without any recoding. For that reason source message strings are best as plain ASCII. Currently Guile has no understanding of multi-byte characters, and -string functions won't recognise character boundaries in multi-byte +string functions won't recognize character boundaries in multi-byte strings. An application will at least be able to pass such strings through to some output though. Perhaps this will change in the future. |