Re: allowing an @modifier for documentlanguage locale-based argument

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:19:32 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.texinfo.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:14:28 +0200
> From: Patrice Dumas <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> 
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 02:18:57PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Re the question about gettext and *.po files: isn't that a
> > system-level issue?  How is this resolved in programs other than
> > Texinfo?
> 
> It is.  But it does not force us to use the same format used for po
> files in the Texinfo language, as long as what is used in the Texinfo
> language can be mapped to the po files requirements of gettext.

It doesn't force us, indeed, but it would be nice not to have to
reinvent that particular wheel...