Re: difference between gtk_label_new("text") and gtk_label_new(_("text"))?

[Keith Sharp <kms passback co uk>]

On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 05:13 -0700, Harring Figueiredo wrote:
> --- Tobias Werth <sitowert informatik stud uni-erlangen de> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > what is the difference between
> >
> >     label1 = gtk_label_new("text");
> >
> > and
> >
> >     label1 = gtk_label_new(_("text"));
>
>
>  The underscore is a macro that resolves to a call to gettext (if you are using
> i18n (internationalization)). This is the magic that translates string from one
> laguage to another based on localization or language settings.
>
>   Check this out for more info: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
>   Hope this helps.

Or try:

        http://www.gnome.org/~malcolm/i18n/

Keith.