NAME
msgen - create English message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msgen [OPTION] INPUTFILE
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 | |
Output file location:
| -o, --output-file=FILE | |
| write output to specified file | |
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:
| -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 | |
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2007 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.
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 | |
