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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[.ENCODING]
- 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 in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://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.
February 2023 | GNU gettext-tools 0.21 |