Intltool-merge (8) Linux Manual Page

intltool-merge – merge translated strings into various types of file

Synopsis

intltool-merge [option]… PO_DIRECTORY FILENAME OUTPUT_FILE

Description

Merge translated strings in po files in PO_DIRECTORY with the original application file FILENAME, and output the file OUTPUT_FILE containing both original and localized strings. If FILENAME is an XML file, OUTPUT_FILE will contain repeated xml nodes, where each node contains one of the localized strings with "xml:lang" attribute.

Options

Mode of operation

-b
–ba-style: Merge files in bonobo-activation style, which is used for bonobo servers.
-d
–desktop-style: Merge files in desktop style, which is similar to the Windows .ini file format.
-k
–keys-style: Merge files in keys style, which is used for metadata.
-o
–oaf-style: (OBSOLETE) Same as -b/–ba-style.
-r
–rfc822deb-style: Merge files in RFC 822 style, which is usually used in Debian configuration files.
–quoted-style: Merge files in quoted string style, which just translates any strings within "".
-x
–xml-style: Merge files in standard XML style, both as attributes and as raw pcdata.

Other options

-u
–utf8: Convert all strings to UTF-8 before merging.
-p
–pass-through: Use strings as is in .po files without conversion (STRONGLY unrecommended with -x).
-c
–cache: (TBD)
-q
–quiet: Be quiet while running.
-v
–version: Show version information.
-h
–help: Show usage and basic help information.

Files

po/.intltool-merge-cache: Cache file generated by intltool-merge, that contains all strings in all po files separated by .

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to http://bugs.launchpad.net/intltool

Author

Darin Adler <darin [at] bentspoon.com>
Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth [at] gnu.org>
Maciej Stachowiak <mjs [at] eazel.com>

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