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 10 Internationalization with `gawk'
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 Once upon a time, computer makers wrote software that worked only in
 English.  Eventually, hardware and software vendors noticed that if
 their systems worked in the native languages of non-English-speaking
 countries, they were able to sell more systems.  As a result,
 internationalization and localization of programs and software systems
 became a common practice.
 
    For many years, the ability to provide internationalization was
 largely restricted to programs written in C and C++.  This major node
 describes the underlying library `gawk' uses for internationalization,
 as well as how `gawk' makes internationalization features available at
 the `awk' program level.  Having internationalization available at the
 `awk' level gives software developers additional flexibility--they are
 no longer forced to write in C or C++ when internationalization is a
 requirement.
 

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* I18N and L10N               Internationalization and Localization.
* Explaining gettext          How GNU `gettext' works.
* Programmer i18n             Features for the programmer.
* Translator i18n             Features for the translator.
* I18N Example                A simple i18n example.
* Gawk I18N                   `gawk' is also internationalized.
 
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