MSGEN(1)
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
- 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
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 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.
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.