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I18n module
This module provides internationalisation and localisation functionality.
Usage
To use this module, just do: i18n = import('i18n'). The following functions will then be available as methods on the object with the name i18n. You can, of course, replace the name i18n with anything else.
i18n.gettext()
Sets up gettext localisation so that translations are built and placed into their proper locations during install. Takes one positional argument which is the name of the gettext module.
languages: list of languages that are to be generated. As of 0.37.0 this is optional and the LINGUAS file is read.data_dirs: (Added 0.36.0) list of directories to be set forGETTEXTDATADIRSenv var (Requires gettext 0.19.8+), used for local its filespreset: (Added 0.37.0) name of a preset list of arguments, current option is'glib', see source for for their valueargs: list of extra arguments to pass toxgettextwhen generating the pot file
This function also defines targets for maintainers to use: Note: These output to the source directory
<project_id>-pot: runsxgettextto regenerate the pot file
i18n.merge_file()
This merges translations into a text file using msgfmt. See custom_target for normal keywords. In addition it accepts these keywords:
po_dir: directory containing translations, relative to current directorydata_dirs: (Added 0.41.0) list of directories for its files (See alsoi18n.gettext())type: type of file, valid options are'xml'(default) and'desktop'
Added 0.37.0