contrib/gnu-sort/ABOUT-NLS

   1 Notes on the Free Translation Project
   2 *************************************
   3
   4 Free software is going international!  The Free Translation Project is
   5 a way to get maintainers of free software, translators, and users all
   6 together, so that will gradually become able to speak many languages.
   7 A few packages already provide translations for their messages.
   8
   9    If you found this `ABOUT-NLS' file inside a distribution, you may
  10 assume that the distributed package does use GNU `gettext' internally,
  11 itself available at your nearest GNU archive site.  But you do _not_
  12 need to install GNU `gettext' prior to configuring, installing or using
  13 this package with messages translated.
  14
  15    Installers will find here some useful hints.  These notes also
  16 explain how users should proceed for getting the programs to use the
  17 available translations.  They tell how people wanting to contribute and
  18 work at translations should contact the appropriate team.
  19
  20    When reporting bugs in the `intl/' directory or bugs which may be
  21 related to internationalization, you should tell about the version of
  22 `gettext' which is used.  The information can be found in the
  23 `intl/VERSION' file, in internationalized packages.
  24
  25 Quick configuration advice
  26 ==========================
  27
  28 If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you
  29 should configure it using
  30
  31      ./configure --with-included-gettext
  32
  33 to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this
  34 package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in the
  35 operating system where this package is being installed.  So far, only
  36 the `gettext' implementation in the GNU C library version 2 provides as
  37 many features (such as locale alias, message inheritance, automatic
  38 charset conversion or plural form handling) as the implementation here.
  39 It is also not possible to offer this additional functionality on top
  40 of a `catgets' implementation.  Future versions of GNU `gettext' will
  41 very likely convey even more functionality.  So it might be a good idea
  42 to change to GNU `gettext' as soon as possible.
  43
  44    So you need _not_ provide this option if you are using GNU libc 2 or
  45 you have installed a recent copy of the GNU gettext package with the
  46 included `libintl'.
  47
  48 INSTALL Matters
  49 ===============
  50
  51 Some packages are "localizable" when properly installed; the programs
  52 they contain can be made to speak your own native language.  Most such
  53 packages use GNU `gettext'.  Other packages have their own ways to
  54 internationalization, predating GNU `gettext'.
  55
  56    By default, this package will be installed to allow translation of
  57 messages.  It will automatically detect whether the system already
  58 provides the GNU `gettext' functions.  If not, the GNU `gettext' own
  59 library will be used.  This library is wholly contained within this
  60 package, usually in the `intl/' subdirectory, so prior installation of
  61 the GNU `gettext' package is _not_ required.  Installers may use
  62 special options at configuration time for changing the default
  63 behaviour.  The commands:
  64
  65      ./configure --with-included-gettext
  66      ./configure --disable-nls
  67
  68 will respectively bypass any pre-existing `gettext' to use the
  69 internationalizing routines provided within this package, or else,
  70 _totally_ disable translation of messages.
  71
  72    When you already have GNU `gettext' installed on your system and run
  73 configure without an option for your new package, `configure' will
  74 probably detect the previously built and installed `libintl.a' file and
  75 will decide to use this.  This might be not what is desirable.  You
  76 should use the more recent version of the GNU `gettext' library.  I.e.
  77 if the file `intl/VERSION' shows that the library which comes with this
  78 package is more recent, you should use
  79
  80      ./configure --with-included-gettext
  81
  82 to prevent auto-detection.
  83
  84    The configuration process will not test for the `catgets' function
  85 and therefore it will not be used.  The reason is that even an
  86 emulation of `gettext' on top of `catgets' could not provide all the
  87 extensions of the GNU `gettext' library.
  88
  89    Internationalized packages have usually many `po/LL.po' files, where
  90 LL gives an ISO 639 two-letter code identifying the language.  Unless
  91 translations have been forbidden at `configure' time by using the
  92 `--disable-nls' switch, all available translations are installed
  93 together with the package.  However, the environment variable `LINGUAS'
  94 may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set.
  95 `LINGUAS' should then contain a space separated list of two-letter
  96 codes, stating which languages are allowed.
  97
  98 Using This Package
  99 ==================
 100
 101 As a user, if your language has been installed for this package, you
 102 only have to set the `LANG' environment variable to the appropriate
 103 `LL_CC' combination.  Here `LL' is an ISO 639 two-letter language code,
 104 and `CC' is an ISO 3166 two-letter country code.  For example, let's
 105 suppose that you speak German and live in Germany.  At the shell
 106 prompt, merely execute `setenv LANG de_DE' (in `csh'),
 107 `export LANG; LANG=de_DE' (in `sh') or `export LANG=de_DE' (in `bash').
 108 This can be done from your `.login' or `.profile' file, once and for
 109 all.
 110
 111    You might think that the country code specification is redundant.
 112 But in fact, some languages have dialects in different countries.  For
 113 example, `de_AT' is used for Austria, and `pt_BR' for Brazil.  The
 114 country code serves to distinguish the dialects.
 115
 116    The locale naming convention of `LL_CC', with `LL' denoting the
 117 language and `CC' denoting the country, is the one use on systems based
 118 on GNU libc.  On other systems, some variations of this scheme are
 119 used, such as `LL' or `LL_CC.ENCODING'.  You can get the list of
 120 locales supported by your system for your country by running the command
 121 `locale -a | grep '^LL''.
 122
 123    Not all programs have translations for all languages.  By default, an
 124 English message is shown in place of a nonexistent translation.  If you
 125 understand other languages, you can set up a priority list of languages.
 126 This is done through a different environment variable, called
 127 `LANGUAGE'.  GNU `gettext' gives preference to `LANGUAGE' over `LANG'
 128 for the purpose of message handling, but you still need to have `LANG'
 129 set to the primary language; this is required by other parts of the
 130 system libraries.  For example, some Swedish users who would rather
 131 read translations in German than English for when Swedish is not
 132 available, set `LANGUAGE' to `sv:de' while leaving `LANG' to `sv_SE'.
 133
 134    In the `LANGUAGE' environment variable, but not in the `LANG'
 135 environment variable, `LL_CC' combinations can be abbreviated as `LL'
 136 to denote the language's main dialect.  For example, `de' is equivalent
 137 to `de_DE' (German as spoken in Germany), and `pt' to `pt_PT'
 138 (Portuguese as spoken in Portugal) in this context.
 139
 140 Translating Teams
 141 =================
 142
 143 For the Free Translation Project to be a success, we need interested
 144 people who like their own language and write it well, and who are also
 145 able to synergize with other translators speaking the same language.
 146 Each translation team has its own mailing list.  The up-to-date list of
 147 teams can be found at the Free Translation Project's homepage,
 148 `http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/', in the "National teams"
 149 area.
 150
 151    If you'd like to volunteer to _work_ at translating messages, you
 152 should become a member of the translating team for your own language.
 153 The subscribing address is _not_ the same as the list itself, it has
 154 `-request' appended.  For example, speakers of Swedish can send a
 155 message to `sv-request@li.org', having this message body:
 156
 157      subscribe
 158
 159    Keep in mind that team members are expected to participate
 160 _actively_ in translations, or at solving translational difficulties,
 161 rather than merely lurking around.  If your team does not exist yet and
 162 you want to start one, or if you are unsure about what to do or how to
 163 get started, please write to `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to reach the
 164 coordinator for all translator teams.
 165
 166    The English team is special.  It works at improving and uniformizing
 167 the terminology in use.  Proven linguistic skill are praised more than
 168 programming skill, here.
 169
 170 Available Packages
 171 ==================
 172
 173 Languages are not equally supported in all packages.  The following
 174 matrix shows the current state of internationalization, as of December
 175 2003.  The matrix shows, in regard of each package, for which languages
 176 PO files have been submitted to translation coordination, with a
 177 translation percentage of at least 50%.
 178
 179      Ready PO files       am az be bg ca cs da de el en en_GB eo es
 180                         +-------------------------------------------+
 181      a2ps               |       []          [] [] []                |
 182      aegis              |                      ()                   |
 183      ant-phone          |                      ()                   |
 184      anubis             |                                           |
 185      ap-utils           |                                           |
 186      bash               |             []       []             [] [] |
 187      batchelor          |                                           |
 188      bfd                |                   []                   [] |
 189      binutils           |                   []                   [] |
 190      bison              |                   [] []                [] |
 191      bluez-pin          |                []                   []    |
 192      clisp              |                                           |
 193      clisp              |                      []    []          [] |
 194      coreutils          |             []    [] []                [] |
 195      cpio               |                   [] []                [] |
 196      darkstat           |          []       ()                   [] |
 197      diffutils          |             [] [] [] [] []          [] [] |
 198      e2fsprogs          |                []    []                   |
 199      enscript           |             []    [] []        []         |
 200      error              |             []    [] []        []      [] |
 201      fetchmail          |             [] () [] [] []             [] |
 202      fileutils          |                   [] []                [] |
 203      findutils          |       []    []    [] [] []          [] [] |
 204      flex               |             []    [] []                [] |
 205      fslint             |                                           |
 206      gas                |                                        [] |
 207      gawk               |             []    [] []                [] |
 208      gbiff              |                      []                   |
 209      gcal               |             []                            |
 210      gcc                |                   []                   [] |
 211      gettext            |       []    []    [] []                [] |
 212      gettext-examples   |             []       []                [] |
 213      gettext-runtime    |       []    []    [] []                [] |
 214      gettext-tools      |             []       []                [] |
 215      gimp-print         |                [] [] []        []      [] |
 216      gliv               |                                           |
 217      glunarclock        |                   [] []                   |
 218      gnubiff            |                      []                   |
 219      gnucash            |                []    ()        []      [] |
 220      gnucash-glossary   |                   [] ()                [] |
 221      gnupg              |             [] ()    [] []          [] [] |
 222      gpe-aerial         |                []                         |
 223      gpe-beam           |                []    []                   |
 224      gpe-calendar       |                []    []                   |
 225      gpe-clock          |                []    []                   |
 226      gpe-conf           |                []    []                   |
 227      gpe-contacts       |                []    []                   |
 228      gpe-edit           |                []                         |
 229      gpe-go             |                []                         |
 230      gpe-login          |                []    []                   |
 231      gpe-ownerinfo      |                []    []                   |
 232      gpe-sketchbook     |                []    []                   |
 233      gpe-su             |                []    []                   |
 234      gpe-taskmanager    |                []    []                   |
 235      gpe-timesheet      |                []                         |
 236      gpe-today          |                []    []                   |
 237      gpe-todo           |                []    []                   |
 238      gphoto2            |                [] [] []                [] |
 239      gprof              |                   [] []                [] |
 240      gpsdrive           |                      ()    ()          () |
 241      gramadoir          |                      []                   |
 242      grep               |       [] [] []       [] []             [] |
 243      gretl              |                                        [] |
 244      gtick              |                      ()                   |
 245      hello              |             []    [] [] []          [] [] |
 246      id-utils           |                   [] []                   |
 247      indent             |             []       []             [] [] |
 248      jpilot             |                [] []                   [] |
 249      jtag               |                                           |
 250      jwhois             |                                        [] |
 251      kbd                |                [] [] [] []             [] |
 252      latrine            |                      ()                   |
 253      ld                 |                   []                   [] |
 254      libc               |             [] [] [] [] []             [] |
 255      libgpewidget       |                []    []                   |
 256      libiconv           |             []    [] []             [] [] |
 257      lifelines          |                   [] ()                   |
 258      lilypond           |                      []                   |
 259      lingoteach         |                                           |
 260      lingoteach_lessons |                      ()                () |
 261      lynx               |             [] [] [] []                   |
 262      m4                 |                [] [] [] []                |
 263      mailutils          |             []                         [] |
 264      make               |                   [] []                [] |
 265      man-db             |             [] () [] []                () |
 266      minicom            |                []    []                [] |
 267      mysecretdiary      |                   [] []                [] |
 268      nano               |             [] () [] []                [] |
 269      nano_1_0           |             [] () [] []                [] |
 270      opcodes            |                                        [] |
 271      parted             |             [] [] [] []                [] |
 272      ptx                |             []    [] []             [] [] |
 273      python             |                                           |
 274      radius             |                                        [] |
 275      recode             |       []    []    [] [] []          [] [] |
 276      rpm                |                [] []                      |
 277      screem             |                                           |
 278      scrollkeeper       |       []    [] [] [] []                [] |
 279      sed                |             []    [] []             [] [] |
 280      sh-utils           |                   [] []                [] |
 281      shared-mime-info   |                                           |
 282      sharutils          |             [] [] [] [] []             [] |
 283      silky              |                      ()                   |
 284      skencil            |                   [] ()                [] |
 285      sketch             |                   [] ()                [] |
 286      soundtracker       |                   [] []                [] |
 287      sp                 |                      []                   |
 288      tar                |                [] [] []                [] |
 289      texinfo            |                   [] []             []    |
 290      textutils          |             []    [] []                [] |
 291      tin                |                      ()        ()         |
 292      tuxpaint           |             [] [] [] [] []     []      [] |
 293      util-linux         |             [] [] [] []                [] |
 294      vorbis-tools       |       []       [] []                   [] |
 295      wastesedge         |                      ()                   |
 296      wdiff              |             []    [] []                [] |
 297      wget               |          [] []    [] [] []             [] |
 298      xchat              |             []       [] []             [] |
 299      xfree86_xkb_xml    |                []                         |
 300      xpad               |                                        [] |
 301                         +-------------------------------------------+
 302                           am az be bg ca cs da de el en en_GB eo es
 303                            0  0  8  3 37 38 56 73 15  1   5   12 64
 304
 305                           et fa fi fr ga gl he hr hu id is it ja
 306                         +----------------------------------------+
 307      a2ps               | []    [] []                      ()    |
 308      aegis              |                                        |
 309      ant-phone          |                                        |
 310      anubis             |          []                            |
 311      ap-utils           |          []                            |
 312      bash               |          []             []             |
 313      batchelor          |             []                         |
 314      bfd                |          []                            |
 315      binutils           |          []                         [] |
 316      bison              | []       []                []    []    |
 317      bluez-pin          |       [] [] []          [] []          |
 318      clisp              |                                        |
 319      clisp              |          []                            |
 320      coreutils          | []    [] [] []                   [] [] |
 321      cpio               |          []    []       []             |
 322      darkstat           |          () []          [] []          |
 323      diffutils          |       [] []    [] []    [] []       [] |
 324      e2fsprogs          |                                        |
 325      enscript           |          []          []                |
 326      error              |       [] [] []          []             |
 327      fetchmail          |                                     [] |
 328      fileutils          | []       [] []          []       [] [] |
 329      findutils          | []    [] [] [] []    [] [] []    [] [] |
 330      flex               |          [] []                         |
 331      fslint             |                                        |
 332      gas                |          []                            |
 333      gawk               |          []       []                [] |
 334      gbiff              |                                        |
 335      gcal               |          []                            |
 336      gcc                |          []                            |
 337      gettext            |          []                         [] |
 338      gettext-examples   |          []                         [] |
 339      gettext-runtime    |       [] []                []       [] |
 340      gettext-tools      |          []                         [] |
 341      gimp-print         |          []                         [] |
 342      gliv               |          ()                            |
 343      glunarclock        |       []    [] []       []             |
 344      gnubiff            |                                        |
 345      gnucash            |          ()                      []    |
 346      gnucash-glossary   |                                  []    |
 347      gnupg              | []    [] []    []          []    [] [] |
 348      gpe-aerial         |          []                            |
 349      gpe-beam           |          []                            |
 350      gpe-calendar       |          []             [] []          |
 351      gpe-clock          |          []                            |
 352      gpe-conf           |          []                            |
 353      gpe-contacts       |          []             []             |
 354      gpe-edit           |          []                []          |
 355      gpe-go             |          []                            |
 356      gpe-login          |          []             []             |
 357      gpe-ownerinfo      |          []             [] []          |
 358      gpe-sketchbook     |          []                            |
 359      gpe-su             |          []                            |
 360      gpe-taskmanager    |          []                            |
 361      gpe-timesheet      |          [] []             []          |
 362      gpe-today          |          [] []                         |
 363      gpe-todo           |          []                []          |
 364      gphoto2            |          []             []          [] |
 365      gprof              |          []                []          |
 366      gpsdrive           |          ()             []       () () |
 367      gramadoir          |             []                         |
 368      grep               | []    [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []    [] [] |
 369      gretl              |          []                            |
 370      gtick              |       []    []                         |
 371      hello              | [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []    [] [] |
 372      id-utils           |          []             [] []    []    |
 373      indent             | []    [] [] [] []       [] []    [] [] |
 374      jpilot             |          []                         () |
 375      jtag               |                                        |
 376      jwhois             |          []             [] []    []    |
 377      kbd                |          []                            |
 378      latrine            |                                        |
 379      ld                 |          []                            |
 380      libc               |       [] []    []       []          [] |
 381      libgpewidget       |          [] []          [] []          |
 382      libiconv           | []    [] [] [] []    [] [] []    []    |
 383      lifelines          |          ()                            |
 384      lilypond           |          []                            |
 385      lingoteach         |          []                []          |
 386      lingoteach_lessons |                                        |
 387      lynx               | []                      []       [] [] |
 388      m4                 |          []    []          []       [] |
 389      mailutils          |                                        |
 390      make               |          []    [] [] []             [] |
 391      man-db             |                                  () () |
 392      minicom            |       [] []             []          [] |
 393      mysecretdiary      |          []                []          |
 394      nano               |          []    []          []    []    |
 395      nano_1_0           |          []    []          []    []    |
 396      opcodes            |          []                            |
 397      parted             |          []    []                   [] |
 398      ptx                | []    [] [] [] []       [] []          |
 399      python             |                                        |
 400      radius             |          []                            |
 401      recode             |          []    [] []    [] []    []    |
 402      rpm                |                                        |
 403      screem             |                                        |
 404      scrollkeeper       |                         []             |
 405      sed                | []    [] [] [] []       [] []    [] [] |
 406      sh-utils           | []    [] [] []          []       [] [] |
 407      shared-mime-info   |                         []             |
 408      sharutils          | []       []    []       []          [] |
 409      silky              |       []                         ()    |
 410      skencil            |          []                            |
 411      sketch             |          []                            |
 412      soundtracker       |          []    []    []          []    |
 413      sp                 |          []                         () |
 414      tar                | []    [] []    []    [] [] []    [] [] |
 415      texinfo            |          []       [] []             [] |
 416      textutils          |          [] [] []       []          [] |
 417      tin                | []       ()                            |
 418      tuxpaint           |       [] []       []    [] [] [] [] [] |
 419      util-linux         | []    [] []             []       () [] |
 420      vorbis-tools       |          []                            |
 421      wastesedge         |          ()                            |
 422      wdiff              | []       [] [] []       [] []          |
 423      wget               | []    [] []    []    [] []          [] |
 424      xchat              | []    [] []                            |
 425      xfree86_xkb_xml    |                                        |
 426      xpad               |             []                         |
 427                         +----------------------------------------+
 428                           et fa fi fr ga gl he hr hu id is it ja
 429                           21  1 25 86 24 24  8 10 38 31  1 23 32
 430
 431                           ko lg lt lv ms nb nl nn no pl pt pt_BR ro
 432                         +-------------------------------------------+
 433      a2ps               | ()          []    []    () ()     []   [] |
 434      aegis              |                   ()                   () |
 435      ant-phone          |                   []                   [] |
 436      anubis             |             [] [] []       []          [] |
 437      ap-utils           |                   []       ()          [] |
 438      bash               |                                   []   [] |
 439      batchelor          |                                        [] |
 440      bfd                |                                        [] |
 441      binutils           |                                           |
 442      bison              |             []    []              []   [] |
 443      bluez-pin          |                   []       []          [] |
 444      clisp              |                                           |
 445      clisp              |                   []                      |
 446      coreutils          |                            []             |
 447      cpio               | []                []       []     []   [] |
 448      darkstat           |             []    []              []   [] |
 449      diffutils          |             []             []     []   [] |
 450      e2fsprogs          |                            []             |
 451      enscript           |                   []              []   [] |
 452      error              |                   []              []   [] |
 453      fetchmail          |                   []       []     ()      |
 454      fileutils          |                            []          [] |
 455      findutils          | []                []       []     []   [] |
 456      flex               | []                         []     []   [] |
 457      fslint             |                   []                   [] |
 458      gas                |                                           |
 459      gawk               |                            []     []   [] |
 460      gbiff              |                   []                   [] |
 461      gcal               |                                           |
 462      gcc                |                                           |
 463      gettext            | []                         []          [] |
 464      gettext-examples   |                            []          [] |
 465      gettext-runtime    | []                         []          [] |
 466      gettext-tools      | []                         []          [] |
 467      gimp-print         |                   []                      |
 468      gliv               |                   []              []   [] |
 469      glunarclock        |             []    []                   [] |
 470      gnubiff            |                                           |
 471      gnucash            |                   []          []  ()      |
 472      gnucash-glossary   |                   []          []          |
 473      gnupg              |                                        [] |
 474      gpe-aerial         |                   []          []       [] |
 475      gpe-beam           |                   []          []       [] |
 476      gpe-calendar       |                   []          []       [] |
 477      gpe-clock          |                   []          []       [] |
 478      gpe-conf           |                   []          []       [] |
 479      gpe-contacts       |                   []          []       [] |
 480      gpe-edit           |                   []          []       [] |
 481      gpe-go             |                   []                   [] |
 482      gpe-login          |                   []          []       [] |
 483      gpe-ownerinfo      |                   []          []       [] |
 484      gpe-sketchbook     |                   []          []       [] |
 485      gpe-su             |                   []          []       [] |
 486      gpe-taskmanager    |                   []          []       [] |
 487      gpe-timesheet      |                   []          []       [] |
 488      gpe-today          |                   []          []       [] |
 489      gpe-todo           |                   []          []       [] |
 490      gphoto2            |                                        [] |
 491      gprof              |                                   []   [] |
 492      gpsdrive           |                   ()    ()        ()   [] |
 493      gramadoir          |                                        [] |
 494      grep               |                            [] []  []   [] |
 495      gretl              |                                           |
 496      gtick              |                   []                   [] |
 497      hello              | []       [] [] [] [] [] [] []     []   [] |
 498      id-utils           |                   []              []   [] |
 499      indent             |                   []              []   [] |
 500      jpilot             |                   ()    ()                |
 501      jtag               |                                           |
 502      jwhois             |                   []       []     []   [] |
 503      kbd                |                   []       []          [] |
 504      latrine            |                                        [] |
 505      ld                 |                                           |
 506      libc               | []             []       [] []     []      |
 507      libgpewidget       |                   []          []       [] |
 508      libiconv           |                   []       []     []   [] |
 509      lifelines          |                                           |
 510      lilypond           |                                           |
 511      lingoteach         |                                           |
 512      lingoteach_lessons |                                           |
 513      lynx               |                   []              []      |
 514      m4                 |                   []       []     []   [] |
 515      mailutils          |                            []          [] |
 516      make               | []                []       []     []      |
 517      man-db             |                                        [] |
 518      minicom            |                            []     []   [] |
 519      mysecretdiary      |                   []              []   [] |
 520      nano               |             []    []       []          [] |
 521      nano_1_0           |             [] []    []    []          [] |
 522      opcodes            |                   []                   [] |
 523      parted             |                      []    [] []  []      |
 524      ptx                |                [] []    [] [] []  []   [] |
 525      python             |                                           |
 526      radius             |                            []             |
 527      recode             |                            []     []   [] |
 528      rpm                | []                            []          |
 529      screem             |                                           |
 530      scrollkeeper       |                [] []       []          [] |
 531      sed                |                            []     []   [] |
 532      sh-utils           |                []                         |
 533      shared-mime-info   |                   []                      |
 534      sharutils          |                   []                      |
 535      silky              |                                           |
 536      skencil            |                               []  []      |
 537      sketch             |                               []  []      |
 538      soundtracker       |                                           |
 539      sp                 |                                           |
 540      tar                |             [] []       [] []     []   [] |
 541      texinfo            |                []          []          [] |
 542      textutils          | []             []                         |
 543      tin                |                                           |
 544      tuxpaint           | []    []    []    [] []    [] []  []   [] |
 545      util-linux         |                   []              []      |
 546      vorbis-tools       |                   []                   [] |
 547      wastesedge         |                                           |
 548      wdiff              |             []             []     []   [] |
 549      wget               |                            []          [] |
 550      xchat              |          []       []                      |
 551      xfree86_xkb_xml    |                   []                      |
 552      xpad               |                   []                   [] |
 553                         +-------------------------------------------+
 554                           ko lg lt lv ms nb nl nn no pl pt pt_BR ro
 555                           12  0  1  2 12 10 60  4  4 38 25  35   76
 556
 557                           ru sk sl sr sv ta tr uk vi wa zh_CN zh_TW
 558                         +-------------------------------------------+
 559      a2ps               | []    []    []    [] []                   | 16
 560      aegis              | ()                                        |  0
 561      ant-phone          |                                           |  2
 562      anubis             | []                [] []                   |  9
 563      ap-utils           |                      ()                   |  3
 564      bash               | []                                        |  9
 565      batchelor          |                                           |  2
 566      bfd                |             []    []                      |  6
 567      binutils           |             []    []           []         |  7
 568      bison              | []          []    []                      | 14
 569      bluez-pin          |    []       []             []             | 13
 570      clisp              |                                           |  0
 571      clisp              |                                           |  5
 572      coreutils          | []    []    []    []                 []   | 16
 573      cpio               | []          []                 []         | 14
 574      darkstat           |    []    [] []                 ()    ()   | 12
 575      diffutils          | []          []    []                 []   | 22
 576      e2fsprogs          |             []    []                      |  5
 577      enscript           | []          []    []                      | 12
 578      error              |    []             []                 []   | 15
 579      fetchmail          | [] []             []                      | 11
 580      fileutils          | []    []    []    []           []    []   | 17
 581      findutils          | [] [] [] [] []    []           []         | 29
 582      flex               | []          []    []                      | 13
 583      fslint             |                                           |  2
 584      gas                |                   []                      |  3
 585      gawk               |             []    []                      | 12
 586      gbiff              |                                           |  3
 587      gcal               |             []    []                      |  4
 588      gcc                |                   []                      |  4
 589      gettext            | [] [] []    []    []                 []   | 16
 590      gettext-examples   |          [] []    []           []         | 11
 591      gettext-runtime    | [] [] [] [] []    [] []        []    []   | 21
 592      gettext-tools      |    [] [] [] []    []           []         | 14
 593      gimp-print         |    []       []                            | 10
 594      gliv               |                                           |  3
 595      glunarclock        | []       [] []             []             | 13
 596      gnubiff            |                                           |  1
 597      gnucash            | [] []                                []   |  9
 598      gnucash-glossary   |    []       []                       []   |  8
 599      gnupg              |    []       []    []                 []   | 17
 600      gpe-aerial         | []          []                            |  7
 601      gpe-beam           | []          []                            |  8
 602      gpe-calendar       | [] []       []             []        []   | 13
 603      gpe-clock          | [] []    [] []                            | 10
 604      gpe-conf           | [] []       []                            |  9
 605      gpe-contacts       | [] []       []                       []   | 11
 606      gpe-edit           | [] []    [] []             []        []   | 12
 607      gpe-go             | []                                        |  5
 608      gpe-login          | [] []    [] []             []        []   | 13
 609      gpe-ownerinfo      | [] []    [] []                       []   | 13
 610      gpe-sketchbook     | [] []       []                            |  9
 611      gpe-su             | [] []    [] []                            | 10
 612      gpe-taskmanager    | [] []    [] []                            | 10
 613      gpe-timesheet      | [] []    [] []                       []   | 12
 614      gpe-today          | [] []    [] []             []        []   | 13
 615      gpe-todo           | [] []       []             []        []   | 12
 616      gphoto2            |    []       []                 []         | 11
 617      gprof              |             []    []                      |  9
 618      gpsdrive           |    []       []                            |  4
 619      gramadoir          |                                           |  3
 620      grep               | []    [] []       [] []                   | 26
 621      gretl              |                                           |  2
 622      gtick              | []                                        |  5
 623      hello              | [] []       []    [] []                   | 33
 624      id-utils           | []          []    []                      | 12
 625      indent             | [] []    [] []    []                      | 21
 626      jpilot             |             []    []    []     []    []   |  9
 627      jtag               |    []                                     |  1
 628      jwhois             | ()          ()    []                 []   | 11
 629      kbd                |             []    []                      | 11
 630      latrine            |                                           |  1
 631      ld                 |             []    []                      |  5
 632      libc               |    []       []    []           []         | 20
 633      libgpewidget       |    []    [] []             []             | 13
 634      libiconv           | [] [] [] [] []    [] []    []  []         | 27
 635      lifelines          |             []                            |  2
 636      lilypond           |             []                            |  3
 637      lingoteach         |                                           |  2
 638      lingoteach_lessons |                                ()         |  0
 639      lynx               | []          []    [] []                   | 14
 640      m4                 | []          []                 []         | 15
 641      mailutils          | []                                        |  5
 642      make               | []          []    []           []         | 16
 643      man-db             |             []                            |  5
 644      minicom            | []                                        | 11
 645      mysecretdiary      |             []    []                      | 10
 646      nano               | []       [] []    [] []                   | 17
 647      nano_1_0           | []          []    [] []                   | 17
 648      opcodes            |             []    []                      |  6
 649      parted             |             []    []           []         | 15
 650      ptx                | []          []    []                      | 22
 651      python             |                                           |  0
 652      radius             | []                                        |  4
 653      recode             | []    []    []    []                      | 20
 654      rpm                | []          []    []                      |  7
 655      screem             |             []                 []         |  2
 656      scrollkeeper       | [] []    [] []                            | 15
 657      sed                |    [] [] [] []    [] []                   | 23
 658      sh-utils           | []    []          []                      | 14
 659      shared-mime-info   |          [] []                            |  4
 660      sharutils          | []       [] []    []                 []   | 17
 661      silky              |    ()                                     |  2
 662      skencil            |             []                            |  6
 663      sketch             |             []                            |  6
 664      soundtracker       |    []       []                            |  9
 665      sp                 |                   []                      |  3
 666      tar                |    [] []    []    []           []         | 24
 667      texinfo            | []          []    []           []         | 14
 668      textutils          | []    []    []    []                 []   | 16
 669      tin                |                                           |  1
 670      tuxpaint           |    []       []    []       []  []         | 29
 671      util-linux         | []          []    []                      | 15
 672      vorbis-tools       | []                                        |  8
 673      wastesedge         |                                           |  0
 674      wdiff              | [] []       []    []                      | 18
 675      wget               | [] [] []    []    [] []        []    []   | 23
 676      xchat              |    [] [] [] []                 []         | 14
 677      xfree86_xkb_xml    | [] []    []       [] []        []         |  8
 678      xpad               |                                           |  4
 679                         +-------------------------------------------+
 680        51 teams           ru sk sl sr sv ta tr uk vi wa zh_CN zh_TW
 681       120 domains         59 42 16 25 81  0 56 12  1 10  21    22    1260
 682
 683    Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
 684 visible blocks let us expect.  This is because a few extra PO files are
 685 used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
 686 dialects.
 687
 688    For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
 689 which it applies should also have been internationalized and
 690 distributed as such by its maintainer.  There might be an observable
 691 lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
 692 distribution.
 693
 694    If December 2003 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy
 695 of this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.  The most
 696 up-to-date matrix with full percentage details can be found at
 697 `http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/contrib/po/HTML/matrix.html'.
 698
 699 Using `gettext' in new packages
 700 ===============================
 701
 702 If you are writing a freely available program and want to
 703 internationalize it you are welcome to use GNU `gettext' in your
 704 package.  Of course you have to respect the GNU Library General Public
 705 License which covers the use of the GNU `gettext' library.  This means
 706 in particular that even non-free programs can use `libintl' as a shared
 707 library, whereas only free software can use `libintl' as a static
 708 library or use modified versions of `libintl'.
 709
 710    Once the sources are changed appropriately and the setup can handle
 711 the use of `gettext' the only thing missing are the translations.  The
 712 Free Translation Project is also available for packages which are not
 713 developed inside the GNU project.  Therefore the information given above
 714 applies also for every other Free Software Project.  Contact
 715 `translation@iro.umontreal.ca' to make the `.pot' files available to
 716 the translation teams.