gettext: Default Keywords

 
 15.5.21.2 Which keywords will xgettext look for?
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    Unless you instruct ‘xgettext’ otherwise by invoking it with one of
 the options ‘--keyword’ or ‘-k’, it will recognize the following
 keywords in your Perl sources:
 
    • ‘gettext’
 
    • ‘dgettext:2’
 
      The second argument will be extracted.
 
    • ‘dcgettext:2’
 
      The second argument will be extracted.
 
    • ‘ngettext:1,2’
 
      The first (singular) and the second (plural) argument will be
      extracted.
 
    • ‘dngettext:2,3’
 
      The second (singular) and the third (plural) argument will be
      extracted.
 
    • ‘dcngettext:2,3’
 
      The second (singular) and the third (plural) argument will be
      extracted.
 
    • ‘pgettext:1c,2’
 
      The first (message context) and the second argument will be
      extracted.
 
    • ‘dpgettext:2c,3’
 
      The second (message context) and the third argument will be
      extracted.
 
    • ‘dcpgettext:2c,3’
 
      The second (message context) and the third argument will be
      extracted.
 
    • ‘npgettext:1c,2,3’
 
      The first (message context), second (singular), and third (plural)
      argument will be extracted.
 
    • ‘dnpgettext:2c,3,4’
 
      The second (message context), third (singular), and fourth (plural)
      argument will be extracted.
 
    • ‘dcnpgettext:2c,3,4’
 
      The second (message context), third (singular), and fourth (plural)
      argument will be extracted.
 
    • ‘gettext_noop’
 
    • ‘%gettext’
 
      The keys of lookups into the hash ‘%gettext’ will be extracted.
 
    • ‘$gettext’
 
      The keys of lookups into the hash reference ‘$gettext’ will be
      extracted.