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15.5.22.2 Which keywords will xgettext look for? ¶

Unless you instruct xgettext otherwise by invoking it with one of the options --keyword or -k, it will recognize the following keywords in your Perl sources:

• gettext
• dgettext:2

  The second argument will be extracted.

• dcgettext:2

  The second argument will be extracted.

• ngettext:1,2

  The first (singular) and the second (plural) argument will be extracted.

• dngettext:2,3

  The second (singular) and the third (plural) argument will be extracted.

• dcngettext:2,3

  The second (singular) and the third (plural) argument will be extracted.

• pgettext:1c,2

  The first (message context) and the second argument will be extracted.

• dpgettext:2c,3

  The second (message context) and the third argument will be extracted.

• dcpgettext:2c,3

  The second (message context) and the third argument will be extracted.

• npgettext:1c,2,3

  The first (message context), second (singular), and third (plural) argument will be extracted.

• dnpgettext:2c,3,4

  The second (message context), third (singular), and fourth (plural) argument will be extracted.

• dcnpgettext:2c,3,4

  The second (message context), third (singular), and fourth (plural) argument will be extracted.

• gettext_noop
• %gettext

  The keys of lookups into the hash %gettext will be extracted.

• $gettext

  The keys of lookups into the hash reference $gettext will be extracted.