MSGINIT(1)
NAME
msginit - initialize a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msginit [OPTION]
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
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 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.