D (GNU gettext utilities)

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15.5.21 D ¶

RPMs

gcc-gdc or ldc

Ubuntu packages

gdc or ldc

File extension

d

String syntax

r"abc", `abc`, "abc", q"[abc]", q"(abc)", q"<abc>", q"{abc}", q{abc}, x"6A 6B 6C"

gettext shorthand

_("abc")

gettext/ngettext functions

gettext, dgettext, dcgettext, ngettext, dngettext, dcngettext

Note that the ngettext-like functions need to take two argument strings that consume the same number of arguments. For example, you cannot write format(ngettext("a piece", "%d pieces", n), n) because in the singular case, format would treat the unused argument as an error and throw an exception. As a workaround, you need to convert n to a string and format that string with precision zero: format(ngettext("%.0sa piece", "%s pieces", n), to!string(n)) or format(ngettext("%.0sa piece", "%s pieces", n), text(n))

textdomain

textdomain function

bindtextdomain

bindtextdomain function

setlocale

Programmer must call setlocale (LC_ALL, "")

Prerequisite

import gnu.libintl;
alias _ = gettext;

Use or emulate GNU gettext

Use

Extractor

xgettext -k_ --flag=_:1:pass-c-format --flag=_:1:pass-d-format

Formatting with positions

fprintf "%2$d %1$d", format "%2$d %1$d"

Portability

fully portable

po-mode marking

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An example is available in the examples directory: hello-d.