Re: [PATCH/RFC v3 2/7] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for shell scripts

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Jun 2, 2010, 06:32 UTC
Message-ID: <4C05FAEF.2040205@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <1275435597-4017-3-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>

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Am 6/2/2010 1:39, schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason:

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> +    # Not everyone has echo -n
> +    case $(echo -n) in
> +        \-n)    Xn=   ; Xc='\c' ;;
> +        *)      Xn=-n ; Xc=
> +    esac

Don't use 'echo'; use 'printf %s'.

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> +
> +    gettext () {
> +        echo $Xn "$1" $Xc
> +    }
> +
> +    eval_gettext () {
> +        eval_gettext_var="echo $1"
> +        echo $Xn `eval $eval_gettext_var` $Xc
> +    }

-- Hannes

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