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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / locale.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex b/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex
index 151f4c65e5c740a438a9a224aee18c64c43fd523..64264e541804fb53a52670fa53d6341aead347bb 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/locale.tex
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ of the strings used to the current language.
 \perlnote{In wxPerl you can't use the '\_' function name, so
 the {\tt Wx::Locale} module can export the {\tt gettext} and 
 {\tt gettext\_noop} under any given name. 
+
 \begin{verbatim}
   # this imports gettext ( equivalent to Wx::GetTranslation
   # and gettext_noop ( a noop )
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ the {\tt Wx::Locale} module can export the {\tt gettext} and
 
   button = Wx::Button->new( window, -1, gettext( ``Label'' ) );
 \end{verbatim}
+
 If you need to translate a lot of strings, then adding gettext( ) around
 each one is a long task ( that is why \_( ) was introduced ), so just choose
 a shorter name for gettext:
+
 \begin{verbatim}
   #
   use Wx::Locale 'gettext' => 't',
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ a shorter name for gettext:
 
   # ...
 \end{verbatim}
-}
+}%
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
@@ -485,8 +488,14 @@ a string is not found; use \helpref{wxLogNull}{wxlogoverview} to suppress it).
 
 The second form is used when retrieving translation of string that has
 different singular and plural form in English or different plural forms in some
-other language. \arg{szOrigString2} is plural form of the string in English and
-\arg{n} is used to determine the plural form.
+other language. It takes two extra arguments: \arg{szOrigString}
+parameter must contain the singular form of the string to be converted.
+It is also used as the key for the search in the catalog.
+The \arg{szOrigString2} parameter is the plural form (in English).
+The parameter \arg{n} is used to determine the plural form.  If no
+message catalog is found \arg{szOrigString} is returned if `n == 1',
+otherwise \arg{szOrigString2}.
+See \urlref{GNU gettext manual}{http://www.gnu.org/manual/gettext/html\_chapter/gettext\_10.html\#SEC150} for additional information on plural forms handling.
 
 \wxheading{Remarks}