[sr #111166] ngettext syntax

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: ngettext syntax
                   Group: The GNU Bourne-Again SHell
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Fri 27 Dec 2024 07:15:13 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: hwengerstickel@pm.me
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux


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Date: Fri 27 Dec 2024 07:15:13 PM UTC By: Anonymous
For a while, bash has had support for a streamlined gettext support with $"",
but that's basically the limit it has: just gettext. Is there work being done
to add at the minimum, an ngettext syntax or something like it without having
to call the ngettext command, which has other problems like not being able to
do `bash --dump-po-strings`.

My very naive idea would be something like:

```bash
printf "%s\n" n2$"There is %d item|There are %d items"
```

Where 2 denotes the plurality and internally is split with `|`, or some other
delimiter.







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