Re: Glib: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT

[Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net>]

Hi Javier,

On 16/09/12 16:26, Javier Jardón wrote:
> On 15 September 2012 20:16, Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> Hey
>
> > # This will initialize the internationalization
> > # capabilities of glib (glib/gi18n.h) and gettext
> > IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.41.0])
> > AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.1])
> > AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
> >
> > and in autogen.sh i only call autoreconf -ivs
> Yeah this is correct. In general avoid the use of AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT.
> Check [1] for more info
>
> If you want to use intltool, you have 2 options: remove the gettext
> macros or keep them and add something like this to your autogen.sh:
>
> autopoint --force
> AUTOPOINT='intltoolize --automake --copy' autoreconf -ivs
thanks a lot for these comments. That makes it a lot more clear. It 
would be awesome if these explanations could be included into the API 
Docs [1]. I'm curious, what are the reasons that the glib-gettext macros 
were never deprecated? If they should not be used, then a deprecation 
warning would be quite useful.

[1] http://developer.gnome.org/glib/2.31/glib-I18N.html

Regards
Lanoxx
> Regards
>
> [1] http://blogs.gnome.org/jjardon/2010/10/08/use-upstream-gettext-instead-the-glib-one/