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16.5.18 Lua
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RPMs
     lua

Ubuntu packages
     lua, lua-gettext
     You need to install the ‘lua-gettext’ package from
     .
     Debian and Ubuntu packages of it are available.  Download the
     appropriate one, and install it through ‘sudo dpkg -i
     lua-gettext_0.0+nmu1_amd64.deb’.

File extension
     ‘lua’

String syntax

        • ‘"abc"’

        • ‘'abc'’

        • ‘[[abc]]’

        • ‘[=[abc]=]’

        • ‘[==[abc]==]’

        • ...

gettext shorthand
     ‘_("abc")’

gettext/ngettext functions
     ‘gettext.gettext’, ‘gettext.dgettext’, ‘gettext.dcgettext’,
     ‘gettext.ngettext’, ‘gettext.dngettext’, ‘gettext.dcngettext’

textdomain
     ‘textdomain’ function

bindtextdomain
     ‘bindtextdomain’ function

setlocale
     automatic

Prerequisite
     ‘require 'gettext'’ or running lua interpreter with ‘-l gettext’
     option

Use or emulate GNU gettext
     use

Extractor
     ‘xgettext’

Formatting with positions
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Portability
     On platforms without gettext, the functions are not available.

po-mode marking
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