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 \01.
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>
See Also
iconv(1), intltoolize(8), intltool-prepare(8), intltool-extract(8), intltool-update(8)