Localization (i18n) Options

[Jakob Ovrum via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 17 January 2016 at 02:51:30 UTC, Gerald wrote:
> I have a GtkD application for Linux where I would like to 
> support localization. The current options in D seem pretty 
> limited with the most recent being i18n-d 
> (https://github.com/JakobOvrum/i18n-d). My code is structured 
> for GNU gettext but I could make the effort and convert it to 
> the way i18n-d works if that's the best option. The only other 
> issue I can see with it is that it doesn't support 
> country-language variations and from past experience that's a 
> pretty big deal (just ask any Brazilians!).

FWIW, country variation is on the TODO list (issue tracker).

> I'd prefer a GNU gettext implementation but I know that's not 
> available since it has been listed as a GSOC project for a 
> couple of years. I could roll my own GNU gettext implementation 
> but that would be a significant effort taking away time from my 
> project which I'd prefer to remain focused on.

Part of the point behind i18n-d is that we can do better than 
gettext in D.