intltool

Intltool Collection is a software tool that allows various tasks to be completed in the area of software translation. This collection can be used for a variety of purposes, such as extracting translatable strings from source files, collecting extracted strings, and merging translations back into the XML, desktop, and OAF files. The merge step occurs at build time or installation time.

One of the key features of the Intltool package is the script, intltoolize. This script does the necessary magic to your module by copying the various scripts and ensuring a smooth experience for building from tarballs or from CVS.

For those using the autoconf/automake configuration, the following steps are recommended to use the Intltool package in your module:
- Install Intltool and make sure the macro it installs is in aclocal's path
- Add the recommended lines to autogen.sh after the call to gettextize
- Add intltool-extract.in, intltool-merge.in, and intltool-update.in to EXTRA_DIST in your top-level Makefile.am and also to the top-level .cvsignore
- Add intltool-extract, intltool-merge, and intltool-update to DISTCLEANFILES in your top-level Makefile.am
- Remove the po/desk.pl and po/update.* scripts, as intltool-update will take over their functionality.

Overall, the Intltool collection is a useful tool for software translation and is utilized by various packages listed in the USED file.