msginit
initialize a message catalog
Synopsis
msginit
[OPTION]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
then
msginit -l $*
else
msginit -l zh_CN.utf8
fi
source
msginit -l de_DE -o de/LC_MESSAGES/AC.po -i AC.pot
description
Creates a new
PO file, initializing the meta information with values from
the user’s environment.
Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.
Input file
location:
-i,
--input=INPUTFILE
input POT file
If no input
file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT
file. If it is -, standard input is read.
Output file
location:
-o,
--output-file=FILE
write output to specified PO
file
If no output
file is given, it depends on the --locale
option or the user’s locale setting. If it is -, the
results are written to standard output.
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:
-l, --locale=LL_CC
set target locale
--no-translator
assume the PO file is
automatically generated
--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
-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
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 msginit is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the info and msginit programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info
msginit
should give you
access to the complete manual.
author
Written by
Bruno Haible.