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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 to <bug-gnu-gettext [at] gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2016 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.

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