So you like pot?

Essentials/pom.xml

@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.xnap.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gettext-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <poDirectory>${basedir}/po/</poDirectory>
+          <targetBundle>messages2</targetBundle>
+          <keywords>-k_ -k</keywords>
+          <outputFormat>properties</outputFormat>
+          <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/../</sourceDirectory>
+          <!--extraSourceFiles>
+            <directory>${basedir}/../</directory>
+              <includes>
+                <include>Essentials*/**/*.java</include>
+              </includes>
+          </extraSourceFiles-->
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>

Essentials/src/messages.properties

@@ -505,3 +505,5 @@ recipeGrid=\u00a7{0}X \u00a76| \u00a7{1}X \u00a76| \u00a7{2}X
 recipeGridItem=\ \u00a7{0}X \u00a76is \u00a7c{1}
 recipeMore=\u00a76Type /{0} \u00a7c{1}\u00a76 <number> to see other recipes for \u00a7c{2}
 recipeWhere=\u00a76Where: {0}
+#, java-format
+Hello\ {0},\ how\ are\ you?=\u00a7fHello \u00a74{0}\u00a7f, how are you?

Essentials/test/net/ess3/UtilTest.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import net.ess3.api.InvalidNameException;
 import net.ess3.utils.DateUtil;
 import net.ess3.utils.Util;
+import static net.ess3.I18n._;
 
 
 public class UtilTest extends EssentialsTest
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ public class UtilTest extends EssentialsTest
 		super(name);
 	}
 	
+	public void testI18n()
+	{
+		_("Hello {0}, how are you?");
+	}
+
 	public void testFDDnow()
 	{
 		Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar();

pom.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>gettext-commons-site</id>
+      <url>http://gettext-commons-maven-repository.googlecode.com/svn/repository/</url>
+      <releases>
+        <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
+      </releases>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+
   <build>
     <finalName>${project.name}</finalName>
     <sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src</sourceDirectory>
@@ -64,13 +74,31 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <version>3.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>1.6</source>
           <target>1.6</target>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.xnap.commons</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gettext-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.2.3</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <phase>compile</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>merge</goal>
+                <goal>dist</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
   </build>
 
   <properties>