guix-gnunet/guix/i18n.scm

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(define-module (guix i18n)
  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
  #:export (G_
            N_
            P_
            %gettext-domain
            %package-text-domain))

;;; Commentary:
;;;
;;; Internationalization support.
;;;
;;; Code:

(define %gettext-domain
  ;; Text domain for strings used in the tools.
  "guix")

(define %package-text-domain
  ;; Text domain for package synopses and descriptions.
  "guix-packages")

(define G_ (cut gettext <> %gettext-domain))
(define N_ (cut ngettext <> <> <> %gettext-domain))

(define (P_ msgid)
  "Return the translation of the package description or synopsis MSGID."
  ;; Descriptions/synopses might occasionally be empty strings, even if that
  ;; is something we try to avoid.  Since (gettext "") can return a non-empty
  ;; string, explicitly check for that case.
  (if (string-null? msgid)
      msgid
      (gettext msgid %package-text-domain)))