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Does Bash imitate Locale-Specific Translation from C?
Bash manual mentions that
3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation
A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.
Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?
Does bash imitate this way from C?
bash string c
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Bash manual mentions that
3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation
A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.
Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?
Does bash imitate this way from C?
bash string c
asked Nov 19 '18 at 23:09
Ben
2749
add a comment |
Bash manual mentions that
3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation
A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.
Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?
Does bash imitate this way from C?
bash string c
asked Nov 19 '18 at 23:09
Ben
2749
Bash manual mentions that
3.1.2.5 Locale-Specific Translation
A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign (‘$’) will cause the
string to be translated according to the current locale. If the
current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar sign is ignored. If the
string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.
Does this way of specifying a string literal exist in C language or some C library?
Does bash imitate this way from C?
bash string c
bash string c
asked Nov 19 '18 at 23:09
Ben
2749
asked Nov 19 '18 at 23:09
Ben
2749
asked Nov 19 '18 at 23:09
Ben
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asked Nov 19 '18 at 23:09
Ben
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$"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.
The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.
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$"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.
The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.
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$"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.
The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.
answered Nov 19 '18 at 23:32
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$"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.
The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.
answered Nov 19 '18 at 23:32
Michael Homer
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$"..." is Bash's way of accessing GNU gettext translations. In C code it would generally be gettext("...") or _("..."). Bash uses the system's default message catalog; a C application could also load up any catalogs it wanted to use.
The $" syntax is a Bash extension to resemble the existing parameter expansion syntax, and I suppose particularly the $' ANSI-C quoting it took from ksh and which may make it into POSIX in future. The C language does not support or have a parallel for the syntax itself.
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