# perldoc > Locale::Maketext::Lexicon::Msgcat

## NAME
    [Locale::Maketext::Lexicon::Msgcat](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3ALexicon%3A%3AMsgcat/markdown) - Msgcat catalog parser Maketext

## VERSION
    version 1.00

## SYNOPSIS
        package [Hello::I18N](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Hello%3A%3AI18N/markdown);
        use base '[Locale::Maketext](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext/markdown)';
        use [Locale::Maketext::Lexicon](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3ALexicon/markdown) {
            en => ['Msgcat', 'en_US/hello.pl.m'],
        };

        package main;
        my $lh = [Hello::I18N](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Hello%3A%3AI18N/markdown)->get_handle('en');
        print $lh->maketext(1,2);   # set 1, msg 2
        print $lh->maketext("1,2"); # same thing

## DESCRIPTION
    This module parses one or more Msgcat catalogs in plain text format, and returns a Lexicon hash,
    which may be looked up either with a two-argument form ("$set_id, $msg_id") or as a single
    string ("$set_id,$msg_id").

## NOTES
    All special characters ("[", "]" and "~") in catalogs will be escaped so they lose their magic
    meanings. That means "->maketext" calls to this lexicon will *not* take any additional
    arguments.

## SEE ALSO
    [Locale::Maketext](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext/markdown), [Locale::Maketext::Lexicon](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3ALexicon/markdown)

## AUTHORS
    Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2002-2013 by Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>.

    This software is released under the MIT license cited below.

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## AUTHORS
    *   Clinton Gormley <<drtech@cpan.org>>

    *   Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Audrey Tang.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The MIT (X11) License