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Diffstat (limited to 'Build/source/texk/web2c/cwebdir/comm-w2c.h')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/cwebdir/comm-w2c.h b/Build/source/texk/web2c/cwebdir/comm-w2c.h index a5b968abfd5..e03516f2bb0 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/cwebdir/comm-w2c.h +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/cwebdir/comm-w2c.h @@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ typedef uint16_t sixteen_bits; extern int program; /* \.{CWEAVE} or \.{CTANGLE} or \.{CTWILL}? */ extern int phase; /* which phase are we in? */ -@ @d _(STRING) gettext(STRING) +@ You may have noticed that almost all \.{"strings"} in the \.{CWEB} sources +are placed in the context of the `|_|'~macro. This is just a shortcut for the +`|gettext|' function from the ``GNU~gettext utilities.'' For systems that do +not have this library installed, we wrap things for neutral behavior without +internationalization. + +@d _(STRING) gettext(STRING) + @<Include files@>= #ifndef HAVE_GETTEXT #define HAVE_GETTEXT 0 |