Re: [Vala] libraries and gettext

[Evan Nemerson <evan coeus-group com>]

On Sat, 2013-04-20 at 23:28 +0200, rastersoft wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I'm creating a library with Vala, and want to use gettext with it. In
> normal programs it works the syntax _("text to translate"), but in a
> library, dgettext() must be used. Is there a replacement for dgettext()
> like the underscore for gettext?

Take a look at
https://developer.gnome.org/glib/stable/glib-I18N.html#glib-I18N.description

Basically, you still use _, you just need to define GETTEXT_PACKAGE.  If
you're compiling directly with valac, pass -X -DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=foo.  If
you're using a build system you need to include -DGETTEXT_PACKAGE=foo in
your cflags.


-Evan