64.2.2 Level 3 Primitives

Function: gettext string

This function looks up string in the default message domain and returns its translation. If I18N3 was not enabled when XEmacs was compiled, it just returns string.

Function: dgettext domain string

This function looks up string in the specified message domain and returns its translation. If I18N3 was not enabled when SXEmacs was compiled, it just returns string.

Function: bind-text-domain domain pathname

This function associates a pathname with a message domain. Here’s how the path to message file is constructed under SunOS 5.x:

{pathname}/{LANG}/LC_MESSAGES/{domain}.mo

If I18N3 was not enabled when SXEmacs was compiled, this function does nothing.

Special Form: domain string

This function specifies the text domain used for translating documentation strings and interactive prompts of a function. For example, write:

(defun foo (arg) "Doc string" (domain "emacs-foo") …)

to specify emacs-foo as the text domain of the function foo. The “call” to domain is actually a declaration rather than a function; when actually called, domain just returns nil.

Function: domain-of function

This function returns the text domain of function; it returns nil if it is the default domain. If I18N3 was not enabled when SXEmacs was compiled, it always returns nil.