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---- On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:08:36 -0500 pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflo=
rian@pelzflorian.de> wrote ----

 > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 11:16:21PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:=20
 > > I think we now have an overview of the possibilities (including maybe=
=20
 > > =E2=80=98itstool=E2=80=99 that Ricardo mentions.)  I=E2=80=99d say tha=
t whoever is interested=20
 > > should give it a try with what looks like the most promising approach=
=20
 > > and report back with a prototype.  :-)=20
 > >=20
 > =20
 > I tried to make gettext usable (not yet implementing any discussed=20
 > approach), but it is a little rough: I tried using msgctxts.  Sadly=20
 > Guile is missing a pgettext function, I think.  Should I use Guile=E2=80=
=99s=20
 > ffi?  I think msgctxts could help with fragmentation, as I would=20
 > prefer format strings with msgctxt over HTML-that-is-not-SHTML with=20
 > itstool (I may misunderstand itstool though).=20


I faced the same problem. With the current  gettext tools in Guile, I could=
n't find any way to solve ambiguities.


 > sirgazil (Cc), long ago at=20
 > <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-user/2017-12/msg00071.html>=20
 > you said you had written an interleave function for format strings.=20
 > Do you have the code somewhere?  I see in the commit log you are still=
=20
 > actively working on the Guix website.=20


Yes, the function is here:

https://gitlab.com/sirgazil/guile-lab/blob/master/glab/i18n.scm

I use it for my own websites

http://sirgazil.bitbucket.io/
https://sirgazil.gitlab.io/golea/

But I use it to get things done.


 > Also, I believe this discussion is actually=20
 > <https://issues.guix.info/issue/26302>.  Should I reference this=20
 > thread there?=20
 > =20
 > Regards,=20
 > Florian