[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] GTK2 support

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 06:39:24PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> I oppose using gettext. It's bloated and catgets (the standard POSIX
> message catalog system as opposed to the GNU replacement) fits much
> better with MPlayer's existing model of using #defines for the
> messages. Look up catgets and see how it works.

Hmm. The (my) man page for it is rather useless. First, only "XPG4.2" is
mentioned as standard specifying it - something I never heard of, which
makes me wonder on how many systems it is available on.
Secondly, it does not say how charsets are handled. Does it need
LC_CTYPE set? And if yes, when, when opening the catalog or every time?
If now, how does it know which charset to use?
Reinventing the wheel certainly is annoying, but as long as all other
wheels are square...

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger