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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
-n, –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 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 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.

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-22 Tue 16:58