8.2.1 The gettext family of functions

The paradigms underlying the gettext approach to message translations is different from that of the catgets functions the basic functionally is equivalent. There are functions of the following categories:

• Translation with gettext: What has to be done to translate a message.
• Locating gettext catalog: How to determine which catalog to be used.
• Advanced gettext functions: Additional functions for more complicated situations.
• Charset conversion in gettext: How to specify the output character set gettext uses.
• GUI program problems: How to use gettext in GUI programs.
• Using gettextized software: The possibilities of the user to influence the way gettext works.