Re: [Boost-users] [program_options] Translating messages to another language

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-24 05:41:04

Vladimir Prus wrote:

>> Since most Boost libraries are header only, it makes no sense to ship
>> binary .mo files and the user has to care about Boost's message
>> translation himself.
> 
> Well, before .mo file you need to have translated .po. Clearly,
> translated .po would be of value.
> Actually, .mo might be of use, too, assuming _("") expands to
> 
>         dgettext("boost", ...)
> 
> as opposed to
> 
>         gettext(...)
> 
> which is a good idea anyway. Of course, the main application
> will be responsible for install .mo files and hooking them in.
> And given that, .mo is indeed little advantage over translated
> .po.

In fact, scratch all the above -- it was written having "shrink-wrapped"
applications grabbing all dependencies with them in mind. 
It's totally fine to have boost install boost.mo into 
/usr/share/locale/xxx/LC_MESSAGES.

Assuming boost code uses:

        dgettext("boost", ...)

to get translations, it will work transparently, without any work for
application's developer.

- Volodya