gawk: Internationalization

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1 13 Internationalization with 'gawk'
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1 Once upon a time, computer makers wrote software that worked only in
1 English.  Eventually, hardware and software vendors noticed that if
1 their systems worked in the native languages of non-English-speaking
1 countries, they were able to sell more systems.  As a result,
1 internationalization and localization of programs and software systems
1 became a common practice.
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1    For many years, the ability to provide internationalization was
1 largely restricted to programs written in C and C++.  This major node
1 describes the underlying library 'gawk' uses for internationalization,
1 as well as how 'gawk' makes internationalization features available at
1 the 'awk' program level.  Having internationalization available at the
1 'awk' level gives software developers additional flexibility--they are
1 no longer forced to write in C or C++ when internationalization is a
1 requirement.
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· I18N and L10N               Internationalization and Localization.
· Explaining gettext          How GNU 'gettext' works.
· Programmer i18n             Features for the programmer.
· Translator i18n             Features for the translator.
· I18N Example                A simple i18n example.
· Gawk I18N                   'gawk' is also internationalized.
· I18N Summary                Summary of I18N stuff.
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