GNU gettext tools binaries (Windows/Mac)
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This is an unofficial build of *GNU gettext* tools for Windows and Mac. The repository
contains build scripts, but there are also up-to-date binaries published at
https://github.com/poedit/gettext-tools/releases, as well as a NuGet package.

It is a spin-off project from my [simple translations editor Poedit](https://poedit.com) and is used by it.


Windows
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The easiest way to use these tools is to just download the binaries or use the
`Gettext.Tools` [NuGet package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Gettext.Tools/).

### Building from source

If you prefer to build it yourself, it's simple enough:

1. You need to have a recent version of MSYS2 and MinGW-w64 installed from
   https://www.msys2.org; run all subsequent commands within a MinGW 32 shell.

2. Install required packages:
    ```
    pacman -S  mingw-w64-i686-gcc automake autoconf pkg-config make zip patch tar
    ```

3. Run `make dist` or `make archive` to build everything.

Good luck, building GNU gettext on MinGW tends to break once in a while due to
MinGW or gettext or gnulib changes (hence this project...).


macOS
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Use it through SwiftPM -- add this repository as a dependency. The package includes `GettextTools.framework` with the tools and a trivial API to locate them.

### Building from source

Run `./macos/build-xcframework.sh`


License
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The LICENSE file in this directory applies to GNU gettext itself, which is licensed under GPLv3.

The makefiles and scripts for building it on Windows are in the public domain.