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<h1 class="title">Distutils/Setuptools Integration</h1>
<p>Babel provides commands for integration into <tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> scripts, based on
either the <tt class="docutils literal">distutils</tt> package that is part of the Python standard library,
or the third-party <tt class="docutils literal">setuptools</tt> package.</p>
<p>These commands are available by default when Babel has been properly installed,
and <tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> is using <tt class="docutils literal">setuptools</tt>. For projects that use plain old
<tt class="docutils literal">distutils</tt>, the commands need to be registered explicitly, for example:</p>
<div class="system-message">
<p class="system-message-title">System Message: ERROR/3 (<tt class="docutils">doc/setup.txt</tt>, line 15)</p>
<p>Unknown directive type "code-block".</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
.. code-block:: python
from distutils.core import setup
from babel.messages import frontend as babel
setup(
...
cmdclass = {'compile_catalog': babel.compile_catalog,
'extract_messages': babel.extract_messages,
'init_catalog': babel.init_catalog,
'update_catalog': babel.update_catalog}
)
</pre>
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<div class="contents topic" id="contents">
<p class="topic-title first">Contents</p>
<ul class="auto-toc simple">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#compile-catalog" id="id4">1 compile_catalog</a><ul class="auto-toc">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#options" id="id5">1.1 Options</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#extract-messages" id="id6">2 extract_messages</a><ul class="auto-toc">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#method-mapping" id="id7">2.1 Method Mapping</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#id1" id="id8">2.2 Options</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#init-catalog" id="id9">3 init_catalog</a><ul class="auto-toc">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#id2" id="id10">3.1 Options</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#update-catalog" id="id11">4 update_catalog</a><ul class="auto-toc">
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#id3" id="id12">4.1 Options</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="compile-catalog">
<h1>1 compile_catalog</h1>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">compile_catalog</tt> command is similar to the GNU <tt class="docutils literal">msgfmt</tt> tool, in that
it takes a message catalog from a PO file and compiles it to a binary MO file.</p>
<p>If the command has been correctly installed or registered, a project's
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> script should allow you to use the command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py compile_catalog --help
Global options:
--verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
--quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
--dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
--help (-h) show detailed help message
Options for 'compile_catalog' command:
...
</pre>
<p>Running the command will produce a binary MO file:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py compile_catalog --directory foobar/locale --locale pt_BR
running compile_catalog
compiling catalog to foobar/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
</pre>
<div class="section" id="options">
<h2>1.1 Options</h2>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">compile_catalog</tt> command accepts the following options:</p>
<blockquote>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="39%">
<col width="61%">
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr><th class="head">Option</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--domain</span></tt></td>
<td>domain of the PO file (defaults to
lower-cased project name)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--directory</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-d</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the base directory</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--input-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-i</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the input file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--output-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-o</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the output file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--locale</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-l</span></tt>)</td>
<td>locale for the new localized string</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--use-fuzzy</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-f</span></tt>)</td>
<td>also include "fuzzy" translations</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--statistics</span></tt></td>
<td>print statistics about translations</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal">directory</tt> is specified, but <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">output-file</span></tt> is not, the default filename
of the output file will be:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
<directory>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.mo
</pre>
<p>If neither the <tt class="docutils literal">input_file</tt> nor the <tt class="docutils literal">locale</tt> option is set, this command
looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain,
and compiles each of them to MO files in the same directory.</p>
<p>These options can either be specified on the command-line, or in the
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.cfg</tt> file.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="extract-messages">
<h1>2 extract_messages</h1>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">extract_messages</tt> command is comparable to the GNU <tt class="docutils literal">xgettext</tt> program:
it can extract localizable messages from a variety of difference source files,
and generate a PO (portable object) template file from the collected messages.</p>
<p>If the command has been correctly installed or registered, a project's
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> script should allow you to use the command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py extract_messages --help
Global options:
--verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
--quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
--dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
--help (-h) show detailed help message
Options for 'extract_messages' command:
...
</pre>
<p>Running the command will produce a PO template file:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py extract_messages --output-file foobar/locale/messages.pot
running extract_messages
extracting messages from foobar/__init__.py
extracting messages from foobar/core.py
...
writing PO template file to foobar/locale/messages.pot
</pre>
<div class="section" id="method-mapping">
<h2>2.1 Method Mapping</h2>
<p>The mapping of file patterns to extraction methods (and options) can be
specified using a configuration file that is pointed to using the
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--mapping-file</span></tt> option shown above. Alternatively, you can configure the
mapping directly in <tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> using a keyword argument to the <tt class="docutils literal">setup()</tt>
function:</p>
<div class="system-message">
<p class="system-message-title">System Message: ERROR/3 (<tt class="docutils">doc/setup.txt</tt>, line 136)</p>
<p>Unknown directive type "code-block".</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
.. code-block:: python
setup(...
message_extractors = {
'foobar': [
('**.py', 'python', None),
('**/templates/**.html', 'genshi', None),
('**/templates/**.txt', 'genshi', {
'template_class': 'genshi.template:TextTemplate'
})
],
},
...
)
</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="id1">
<h2>2.2 Options</h2>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">extract_messages</tt> command accepts the following options:</p>
<blockquote>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="39%">
<col width="61%">
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr><th class="head">Option</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--charset</span></tt></td>
<td>charset to use in the output file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--keywords</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-k</span></tt>)</td>
<td>space-separated list of keywords to look for
in addition to the defaults</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--no-default-keywords</span></tt></td>
<td>do not include the default keywords</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--mapping-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-F</span></tt>)</td>
<td>path to the mapping configuration file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--no-location</span></tt></td>
<td>do not include location comments with
filename and line number</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--omit-header</span></tt></td>
<td>do not include msgid "" entry in header</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--output-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-o</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the output file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--width</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-w</span></tt>)</td>
<td>set output line width (default 76)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--no-wrap</span></tt></td>
<td>do not break long message lines, longer than
the output line width, into several lines</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--input-dirs</span></tt></td>
<td>directories that should be scanned for
messages</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--sort-output</span></tt></td>
<td>generate sorted output (default False)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--sort-by-file</span></tt></td>
<td>sort output by file location (default False)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--msgid-bugs-address</span></tt></td>
<td>set email address for message bug reports</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--copyright-holder</span></tt></td>
<td>set copyright holder in output</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--add-comments</span> <span class="pre">(-c)</span></tt></td>
<td>place comment block with TAG (or those
preceding keyword lines) in output file.
Separate multiple TAGs with commas(,)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<p>These options can either be specified on the command-line, or in the
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.cfg</tt> file. In the latter case, the options above become entries of the
section <tt class="docutils literal">[extract_messages]</tt>, and the option names are changed to use
underscore characters instead of dashes, for example:</p>
<div class="system-message">
<p class="system-message-title">System Message: ERROR/3 (<tt class="docutils">doc/setup.txt</tt>, line 204)</p>
<p>Unknown directive type "code-block".</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
.. code-block:: ini
[extract_messages]
keywords = _, gettext, ngettext
mapping_file = babel.cfg
width = 80
</pre>
</div>
<p>This would be equivalent to invoking the command from the command-line as
follows:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ setup.py extract_messages -k _ -k gettext -k ngettext -F mapping.cfg -w 80
</pre>
<p>Any path names are interpreted relative to the location of the <tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt>
file. For boolean options, use "true" or "false" values.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="init-catalog">
<h1>3 init_catalog</h1>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">init_catalog</tt> command is basically equivalent to the GNU <tt class="docutils literal">msginit</tt>
program: it creates a new translation catalog based on a PO template file (POT).</p>
<p>If the command has been correctly installed or registered, a project's
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> script should allow you to use the command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py init_catalog --help
Global options:
--verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
--quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
--dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
--help (-h) show detailed help message
Options for 'init_catalog' command:
...
</pre>
<p>Running the command will produce a PO file:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py init_catalog -l fr -i foobar/locales/messages.pot \
-o foobar/locales/fr/messages.po
running init_catalog
creating catalog 'foobar/locales/fr/messages.po' based on 'foobar/locales/messages.pot'
</pre>
<div class="section" id="id2">
<h2>3.1 Options</h2>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">init_catalog</tt> command accepts the following options:</p>
<blockquote>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="39%">
<col width="61%">
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr><th class="head">Option</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--domain</span></tt></td>
<td>domain of the PO file (defaults to
lower-cased project name)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--input-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-i</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the input file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--output-dir</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-d</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the output directory</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--output-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-o</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the output file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--locale</span></tt></td>
<td>locale for the new localized string</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">output-dir</span></tt> is specified, but <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">output-file</span></tt> is not, the default filename
of the output file will be:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.po
</pre>
<p>These options can either be specified on the command-line, or in the
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.cfg</tt> file.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="update-catalog">
<h1>4 update_catalog</h1>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">update_catalog</tt> command is basically equivalent to the GNU <tt class="docutils literal">msgmerge</tt>
program: it updates an existing translations catalog based on a PO template
file (POT).</p>
<p>If the command has been correctly installed or registered, a project's
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.py</tt> script should allow you to use the command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py update_catalog --help
Global options:
--verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
--quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
--dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
--help (-h) show detailed help message
Options for 'update_catalog' command:
...
</pre>
<p>Running the command will update a PO file:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
$ ./setup.py update_catalog -l fr -i foobar/locales/messages.pot \
-o foobar/locales/fr/messages.po
running update_catalog
updating catalog 'foobar/locales/fr/messages.po' based on 'foobar/locales/messages.pot'
</pre>
<div class="section" id="id3">
<h2>4.1 Options</h2>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal">update_catalog</tt> command accepts the following options:</p>
<blockquote>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="50%">
<col width="50%">
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr><th class="head">Option</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--domain</span></tt></td>
<td>domain of the PO file (defaults to
lower-cased project name)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--input-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-i</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the input file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--output-dir</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-d</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the output directory</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--output-file</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-o</span></tt>)</td>
<td>name of the output file</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--locale</span></tt></td>
<td>locale for the new localized string</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--ignore-obsolete</span></tt></td>
<td>do not include obsolete messages in
the output</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--no-fuzzy-matching</span></tt> (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-N</span></tt>)</td>
<td>do not use fuzzy matching</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">--previous</span></tt></td>
<td>keep previous msgids of translated
messages</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</blockquote>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">output-dir</span></tt> is specified, but <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">output-file</span></tt> is not, the default filename
of the output file will be:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
<output_dir>/<locale>/LC_MESSAGES/<domain>.po
</pre>
<p>If neither the <tt class="docutils literal">input_file</tt> nor the <tt class="docutils literal">locale</tt> option is set, this command
looks for all catalog files in the base directory that match the given domain,
and updates each of them.</p>
<p>These options can either be specified on the command-line, or in the
<tt class="docutils literal">setup.cfg</tt> file.</p>
</div>
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