Gettext not working on Windows

Sanjay has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I copied the sample script in the Gettext manual page and made minor changes to match a word in the es.po & fr.po sample files downloaded from the poedit website, & change in the working directory. The script is in D:/temp/gt - the compiled .mo files are D:/temp/gt/es_ES/LC_MESSAGES/es.mo & D:/temp/gt/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/fr.mo

Code

use strict;
use diagnostics;
use POSIX 'locale_h';
use locale;
use Gettext;
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'es_ES');
my $gt = new Gettext();
$gt->bindtextdomain("messages", 'D:/temp/gt');
print $gt->gettext("Close"),"\n";
print $gt->dgettext("messages", "Close"),"\n";
print $gt->dcgettext("messages", "Close", "fr_FR"),"\n";
print $gt->textdomain(),"\n";
print $gt->textdomain(''),"\n";

OUTPUT

'LC_MESSAGES' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

'LC_MESSAGES' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

'LANGUAGE' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

messages
messages
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Re: Gettext not working on Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 12, 2013 at 12:10 UTC
From the POD Tested on Solaris 2.6 and Red Hat Linux 6.0 TO DO: Gettext.pm calls the external gettext utility program, but someday should have an internal routine to directory read .mo files. Unless you have installed a version of the gettext(.exe?) utility to your Windows system and ensured that it is in your path; the module will not work om Windows. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^2: Gettext not working on Windows by Sanjay (Sexton) on Jun 13, 2013 at 15:08 UTC
gettext is in the path. gettext --help prints the help message.	[reply]
Re^3: Gettext not working on Windows by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 13, 2013 at 15:35 UTC
Even so, the module will not work on Windows because this syntax will not work there: `LANGUAGE=$category;LC_MESSAGES=$category;TEXTDOMAINDIR=$self->{'DIRNA +ME'};$gettextcmd $domainname $msgid`; [download] With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply] [d/l]