From kde-core-devel  Sat Dec 12 13:11:18 2009
From: Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi () kde ! org>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:11:18 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: using gettext for .desktop translations
Message-Id: <20091212131118.GA1171 () ugly ! local>
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 01:36:24PM +0100, Chusslove Illich wrote:
> In particular for (2), the reader of .desktop files would have to find MO
> files itself, it couldn't use bindtextdomain() directly and just fire away
> gettext() calls.
>
well, yes. but we are planning the future here. it would surprise me if
the gettext people refused to adopt a standard widely adpoted by the
desktops (which can nicely wrap the spec from the beginning).