Accessibility in Linux systems
Accessibility in Linux systems
Posted Oct 11, 2008 2:49 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Accessibility in Linux systems by i3839
Parent article: Accessibility in Linux systems
It's not, _() (aka gettext()) is called *when a translation is needed* for
each string (it translates each format string into a new one given the
current locale, possibly reordering arguments in the process). It's just
that GUI applications often need to translate most of their strings in one
big lump at initial-window-mapping time.
each string (it translates each format string into a new one given the
current locale, possibly reordering arguments in the process). It's just
that GUI applications often need to translate most of their strings in one
big lump at initial-window-mapping time.