[I18n-sig] Useful resources available now

Peter Funk pf@artcom-gmbh.de
Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:01:03 +0100 (MET)


This is short list of some resources available now, which
may people help to i18n their python applications:

 * fintl.py -- A pure python module for reading .mo files created by msgfmt
   URL    : <ttp://sourceforge.net/snippet/detail.php?type=snippet&id=100059>
   Auhor  : Peter Funk <mailto: pf@artcom-gmbh.de>   <-- That's me ;-)
   License: Pythonic
   DOC    : inline, no .tex available yet

 * intl.so -- An interface to the (GNU) gettext C library.  Only useful for 
              intenational applications, if they are covered by GPL and will 
              run under Unix-Linux.
   URL    : <http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/python/intl-960117.tgz>
   Author : Martin von Löwis <mailto:loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
   License: GPL? (due to use of GNU gettext)
   DOC    : README available and an IPC article:
            <http://www.python.org/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/loewis.html>
            no .tex yet

*  GNU gettext -- Suite of utitlities for i18n
   URL    : http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html
   License: GPL

 * pygettext.py -- Barry Warsaws reimplementation of gettext in pure Python
   URL    : ? Ouppsss can't find it at the moment.  Look on Barrys home page
   Author : Barry Warsaw <bwarsaw@python.org>
   License: Pythonic
   DOC    : inline doc strings

further reading:
   http://www.python.org/workshops/1997-10/proceedings/loewis.html

Regards from Germany, Peter
-- 
Peter Funk, Oldenburger Str.86, 27777 Ganderkesee, Tel: 04222 9502 70, Fax: -60