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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/gettext.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/locale.rst | 14 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/gettext.rst b/Doc/library/gettext.rst index 053d9d3..407853c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/gettext.rst +++ b/Doc/library/gettext.rst @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Class-based API The class-based API of the :mod:`gettext` module gives you more flexibility and greater convenience than the GNU :program:`gettext` API. It is the recommended -way of localizing your Python applications and modules. :mod:`gettext` defines +way of localizing your Python applications and modules. :mod:`!gettext` defines a "translations" class which implements the parsing of GNU :file:`.mo` format files, and has methods for returning strings. Instances of this "translations" class can also install themselves in the built-in namespace as the function @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Translation classes are what actually implement the translation of original source file message strings to translated message strings. The base class used by all translation classes is :class:`NullTranslations`; this provides the basic interface you can use to write your own specialized translation classes. Here -are the methods of :class:`NullTranslations`: +are the methods of :class:`!NullTranslations`: .. class:: NullTranslations(fp=None) @@ -247,13 +247,13 @@ are the methods of :class:`NullTranslations`: .. method:: gettext(message) - If a fallback has been set, forward :meth:`.gettext` to the fallback. + If a fallback has been set, forward :meth:`!gettext` to the fallback. Otherwise, return *message*. Overridden in derived classes. .. method:: ngettext(singular, plural, n) - If a fallback has been set, forward :meth:`ngettext` to the fallback. + If a fallback has been set, forward :meth:`!ngettext` to the fallback. Otherwise, return *singular* if *n* is 1; return *plural* otherwise. Overridden in derived classes. @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ are the methods of :class:`NullTranslations`: .. method:: lgettext(message) .. method:: lngettext(singular, plural, n) - Equivalent to :meth:`.gettext` and :meth:`ngettext`, but the translation + Equivalent to :meth:`.gettext` and :meth:`.ngettext`, but the translation is returned as a byte string encoded in the preferred system encoding if no encoding was explicitly set with :meth:`set_output_charset`. Overridden in derived classes. diff --git a/Doc/library/locale.rst b/Doc/library/locale.rst index 69959a3..f423d70 100644 --- a/Doc/library/locale.rst +++ b/Doc/library/locale.rst @@ -551,17 +551,23 @@ library. Access to message catalogs -------------------------- +.. function:: gettext(msg) +.. function:: dgettext(domain, msg) +.. function:: dcgettext(domain, msg, category) +.. function:: textdomain(domain) +.. function:: bindtextdomain(domain, dir) + The locale module exposes the C library's gettext interface on systems that -provide this interface. It consists of the functions :func:`gettext`, -:func:`dgettext`, :func:`dcgettext`, :func:`textdomain`, :func:`bindtextdomain`, -and :func:`bind_textdomain_codeset`. These are similar to the same functions in +provide this interface. It consists of the functions :func:`!gettext`, +:func:`!dgettext`, :func:`!dcgettext`, :func:`!textdomain`, :func:`!bindtextdomain`, +and :func:`!bind_textdomain_codeset`. These are similar to the same functions in the :mod:`gettext` module, but use the C library's binary format for message catalogs, and the C library's search algorithms for locating message catalogs. Python applications should normally find no need to invoke these functions, and should use :mod:`gettext` instead. A known exception to this rule are applications that link with additional C libraries which internally invoke -:c:func:`gettext` or :func:`dcgettext`. For these applications, it may be +:c:func:`gettext` or :c:func:`dcgettext`. For these applications, it may be necessary to bind the text domain, so that the libraries can properly locate their message catalogs. |