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16.5.24 Vala
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RPMs
     vala

Ubuntu packages
     valac

File extension
     ‘vala’

String syntax

        • ‘"abc"’

        • ‘"""abc"""’

gettext shorthand
     ‘_("abc")’

gettext/ngettext functions
     ‘gettext’, ‘dgettext’, ‘dcgettext’, ‘ngettext’, ‘dngettext’,
     ‘dpgettext’, ‘dpgettext2’

textdomain
     ‘textdomain’ function, defined under the ‘Intl’ namespace

bindtextdomain
     ‘bindtextdomain’ function, defined under the ‘Intl’ namespace

setlocale
     Programmer must call ‘Intl.setlocale (LocaleCategory.ALL, "")’

Prerequisite
     --

Use or emulate GNU gettext
     Use

Extractor
     ‘xgettext’

Formatting with positions
     Same as for the C language.

Portability
     autoconf (gettext.m4) and #if ENABLE_NLS

po-mode marking
     yes