Re: gettext feature request

[Jean-Jacques Brucker]

Le 24/07/2021 à 20:48, Chet Ramey a écrit :
> So you want a translation feature without any further interpretation? Or
> one just without command substitution?

Translation feature without any further interpretation.

pros:

 * eases interoperability of *.mo files (eg: may then be shared with
   with C programs)
 * more coherent with other single quoted string (would only differ by
   interpreting escaped chars even if not used with printf or echo -e)
 * implies better string factorization (force things like /printf
   $'file %s is too big\n' .../ instead of /echo $'file $f is too big'/
   and later /echo $'file ${fl[$n]} is too big'/)

I see no cons.

> What about an option to enable this variant behavior? What do you think
> would be a suitable name?
For testing purpose, option-name: *gettext*. But if possible, I would 
prefer such feature enabled by default, then *nogettext* to disable.
As of today (bash 5.1.x), *-g* and *-G* are also available.

Cheers,
Jean-Jacques.

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