Re: i18n of math formulas, esp division symbol.

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

> I have tried making a format string for division in UTF-8
> N_(%d ÷ %d = ?)
> 
> but gettext gives the following error when I try "make dist":
> 
> /usr/bin/xgettext: Non-ASCII string at src/mathcards.c:2594.
>                    Please specify the source encoding through --from-code.
> 
> So, how can I specify this to be UTF-8 in my program's build system?

As you already found out, you add --from-code=UTF-8 to the XGETTEXT_OPTIONS
in the file po/Makevars.

> However, I note in the gettext manual that it is recommended that the
> msgid strings always be in ASCII.

This recommendation becomes less and less important, because more and more
user environments and tools support UTF-8 out of the box.

Bruno