On the 22. Aug 2002 an interesting usage for the [msgcat] package has been discussed briefly in the [Tcl chatroom].

Normally msgcat just translates messages, but you can use it to translate for example proc names and switch between locale specific procs with this.

Example:

     package require msgcat
     mc::mcset en "l10nproc:foo" "foo_en"
     mc::mcset de "l10nproc:foo" "foo_de"

     proc foo_en {} {
	puts "some english text"
     }

     proc foo_de {} {
	puts "etwas deutscher text"
     }

     [mc i10nproc:foo]

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There is a risk however, if you pass your .msg files to unknowing translators that mess things up.

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