Re: RFP: use gnu gettext

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On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 10:33:57AM -0400, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> I propose that we ditch our strings approach and instead switch to GNU
> gettext.
>
> Benefits:
> *) Easier for translators to do
> *) Because of ^^^, we will get more translations, esp. from the GNOME
> translation teams
> *) Stops re-duplication of strings

Great idea!
Also, this means that adding a new string is easy, just do a
_("english string") call (no need to change ap_StringIds.h or what that's
called).

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