msgen
create English message catalog
Synopsis
msgen
[OPTION] INPUTFILE
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
rm application/locale/$dn/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po;
msgen \
./application/locale/keys.pot | \
msgfilter \
--indent \
--strict \
description
Creates an
English translation catalog. The input file is the last
created English PO file, or a PO Template file (generally
created by xgettext). Untranslated entries are assigned a
translation that is identical to the msgid.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
Input file
location:
INPUTFILE
input PO or POT file
-D,
--directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input
files search
If input file
is -, standard input is read.
Output file
location:
-o,
--output-file=FILE
write output to specified
file
The results are
written to standard output if no output file is specified or
if it is -.
Input file
syntax:
-P,
--properties-input
input file is in Java
.properties syntax
--stringtable-input
input file is in
NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output
details:
--lang=CATALOGNAME
set ’Language’
field in the header entry
--color
use colors and other text
attributes always
--color=WHEN
use colors and other text
attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ’always’,
’never’, ’auto’, or
’html’.
--style=STYLEFILE
specify CSS style rule file for
--color
-e,
--no-escape
do not use C escapes in output
(default)
-E,
--escape
use C escapes in output, no
extended chars
--force-po
write PO file even if empty
-i,
--indent
indented output style
--no-location
suppress ’#:
filename:line’ lines
--add-location
preserve ’#:
filename:line’ lines (default)
--strict
strict Uniforum output
style
-p,
--properties-output
write out a Java .properties
file
--stringtable-output
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep
.strings file
-w,
--width=NUMBER
set output page width
--no-wrap
do not break long message
lines, longer than the output page width, into several
lines
-s,
--sort-output
generate sorted output
-F,
--sort-by-file
sort output by file
location
Informative
output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V,
--version
output version information and
exit
copyright
Copyright © 2001-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute
it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
reporting bugs
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext[:at:]gnu[:dot:]org>.
see also
The full
documentation for msgen is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and msgen programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info
msgen
should give you
access to the complete manual.
author
Written by
Bruno Haible.