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 8.1 X/Open Message Catalog Handling
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 The 'catgets' functions are based on the simple scheme:
 
      Associate every message to translate in the source code with a
      unique identifier.  To retrieve a message from a catalog file
      solely the identifier is used.
 
    This means for the author of the program that s/he will have to make
 sure the meaning of the identifier in the program code and in the
 message catalogs are always the same.
 
    Before a message can be translated the catalog file must be located.
 The user of the program must be able to guide the responsible function
 to find whatever catalog the user wants.  This is separated from what
 the programmer had in mind.
 
    All the types, constants and functions for the 'catgets' functions
 are defined/declared in the 'nl_types.h' header file.
 

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* The catgets Functions      The 'catgets' function family.
* The message catalog files  Format of the message catalog files.
* The gencat program         How to generate message catalogs files which
                                 can be used by the functions.
* Common Usage               How to use the 'catgets' interface.
 

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