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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>The gettext package contains the gettext, gettextize, msgcmp, msgcomm,
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msgfmt, msgmerge, msgunfmt and xgettext programs.</para>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>gettext</title>
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<para>The gettext package is used for internationalization (also known as
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i18n) and for localization (also known as l10n). Programs can be
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compiled with Native Language Support (NLS) which enable them to output
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messages in the users native language rather than in the default English
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language.</para>
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