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diff --git a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt index 9c3d7a91f8..f3baf2470a 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*builtin.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Jul 09 +*builtin.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Jul 11 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ bindtextdomain({package}, {path}) *bindtextdomain()* Bind a specific {package} to a {path} so that the |gettext()| function can be used to get language-specific translations for a package. {path} is the directory name - for the translations. See |package-create|. + for the translations. See |package-translation|. Return type: none @@ -5005,17 +5005,18 @@ gettagstack([{winnr}]) *gettagstack()* gettext({text} [, {package}]) *gettext()* Translate String {text} if possible. - This is mainly for use in the distributed Vim scripts. When - generating message translations the {text} is extracted by - xgettext, the translator can add the translated message in the - .po file and Vim will lookup the translation when gettext() is - called. + This is intended for use in Vim scripts. When generating + message translations the {text} is extracted by `xgettext`, + the translator can add translated messages into the .po file + and Vim will lookup the translation when gettext() is called. For {text} double quoted strings are preferred, because - xgettext does not understand escaping in single quoted - strings. + `xgettext` does not support single quoted escaped text. + When the {package} is specified, the translation is looked up - for that specific package. You need to specify the path to - look for translations with the |bindtextdomain()| function. + for that specific package. This is mainly required for + third-party Vim scripts. You need to specify a path to the + translations with the |bindtextdomain()| function before + using the gettext() function. Return type: |String| |