NAME

       Dpkg::Gettext - convenience wrapper around Locale::gettext

DESCRIPTION

       The Dpkg::Gettext module is a convenience wrapper over the Locale::gettext module, to guarantee we always
       have working gettext functions, and to add some commonly used aliases.

VARIABLES

       $Dpkg::Gettext::DEFAULT_TEXT_DOMAIN
           Specifies  the  default text domain name to be used with the short function aliases. This is intended
           to be used by the Dpkg modules, so that they can produce localized messages  even  when  the  calling
           program  has  set the current domain with textdomain(). If you would like to use the aliases for your
           own modules, you might want to set this variable to undef, or to another domain, but  then  the  Dpkg
           modules will not produce localized messages.

FUNCTIONS

       $trans = g_($msgid)
           Calls  dgettext()  on the $msgid and returns its translation for the current locale. If dgettext() is
           not available, simply returns $msgid.

       $trans = C_($msgctxt, $msgid)
           Calls dgettext() on the $msgid and returns its translation for the  specific  $msgctxt  supplied.  If
           dgettext() is not available, simply returns $msgid.

       $trans = P_($msgid, $msgid_plural, $n)
           Calls  dngettext(),  returning  the  correct  translation  for  the  plural  form dependent on $n. If
           dngettext() is not available, returns $msgid if $n is 1 or $msgid_plural otherwise.

       $msgid = N_($msgid)
           A pseudo function that servers as a marked for automated extraction of messages, but  does  not  call
           gettext(). The run-time translation is done at a different place in the code.

CHANGES

   Version 1.02 (dpkg 1.18.3)
       New function: N_().

   Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.18.0)
       Now the short aliases (g_ and P_) will call domain aware functions with $DEFAULT_TEXT_DOMAIN.

       New functions: g_(), C_().

       Deprecated function: _g().

   Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
       Mark the module as public.

1.18.4                                             2021-04-12                                   Dpkg::Gettext(3)