64.2.1 Level 3 Basics

SXEmacs now provides alpha-level functionality for I18N Level 3. This means that everything necessary for full messaging is available, but not every file has been converted.

The two message files which have been created are src/emacs.po and lisp/packages/mh-e.po. Both files need to be converted using msgfmt, and the resulting .mo files placed in some locale’s LC_MESSAGES directory. The test “translations” in these files are the original messages prefixed by TRNSLT_.

The domain for a variable is stored on the variable’s property list under the property name variable-domain. The function documentation-property uses this information when translating a variable’s documentation.