From: Johannes Sixt Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:32:15 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC v3 2/7] gettext: Add a Gettext interface for shell scripts Message-ID: <4C05FAEF.2040205@viscovery.net> In-Reply-To: <1275435597-4017-3-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> [When you resend the series in such a manner that you collect a Cc list manually, please do *not* include me. I'm not interested in this series.] Am 6/2/2010 1:39, schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason: > + # Not everyone has echo -n > + case $(echo -n) in > + \-n) Xn= ; Xc='\c' ;; > + *) Xn=-n ; Xc= > + esac Don't use 'echo'; use 'printf %s'. > + > + gettext () { > + echo $Xn "$1" $Xc > + } > + > + eval_gettext () { > + eval_gettext_var="echo $1" > + echo $Xn `eval $eval_gettext_var` $Xc > + } -- Hannes