Re: [Groff] Re: GROFF

[Werner LEMBERG]

> Bernd Salbrechter wrote:
> 
> > If this is added, it would make sense to have a way to access with
> > troff request also, to make the macro packages i18n.  I.e., to
> > print "Inhaltsverzeichnis" for "Table of Contence".
> > 
> > Question: can a part of the string namespace be reserved for that.
> > I.e., reserve "\*[nls.catalog.set.msg]" to get value a nls message
> > (sorry I don't know gettext enough for giving an example with that
> > tool).
> 
> Yes. I use some nls macros in my work. in the moment that i call
> groff, i pass my "generic" macro, and my "nls" macro (tmac.pt_BR or
> tmac.es_ES or tmac.fr...).

No.  gettext stuff should be used only for warning and error messages
coming from the troff program and its friends, sent to stderr.  It
makes no sense IMHO to provide a special interface so that macro
packages can access these warning messages -- this is not possible for
English either.

Rather, it has to be solved on the macro level similar to LaTeX.
Ricardo's solution is the right one.


    Werner