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13.4 Translating 'awk' Programs
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Once a program's translatable strings have been marked, they must be
extracted to create the initial '.pot' file.  As part of translation, it
is often helpful to rearrange the order in which arguments to 'printf'
are output.

   'gawk''s '--gen-pot' command-line option extracts the messages and is
discussed next.  After that, 'printf''s ability to rearrange the order
for 'printf' arguments at runtime is covered.

* Menu:

* String Extraction::           Extracting marked strings.
* Printf Ordering::             Rearranging 'printf' arguments.
* I18N Portability::            'awk'-level portability issues.