<!-- Creator : groff version 1.22.3 --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"> p { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } pre { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } table { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: top } h1 { text-align: center } </style> <title>MSGEN</title> </head> <body> <h1 align="center">MSGEN</h1> <a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> <a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> <a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> <a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> <a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> <hr> <h2>NAME <a name="NAME"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgen − create English message catalog</p> <h2>SYNOPSIS <a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgen</b> [<i>OPTION</i>] <i>INPUTFILE</i></p> <h2>DESCRIPTION <a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">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.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file location:</b> <br> INPUTFILE</p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input PO or POT file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−D</b>, <b>−−directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input files search</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If input file is -, standard input is read.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file location: <br> −o</b>, <b>−−output−file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file syntax: <br> −P</b>, <b>−−properties−input</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in Java .properties syntax</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−stringtable−input</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output details: <br> −−lang</b>=<i>CATALOGNAME</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set ’Language’ field in the header entry</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−color</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text attributes always</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be ’always’, ’never’, ’auto’, or ’html’.</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for <b>−−color</b></p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−e</b>, <b>−−no−escape</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not use C escapes in output (default)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−E</b>, <b>−−escape</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">use C escapes in output, no extended chars</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−force−po</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write PO file even if empty</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−i</b>, <b>−−indent</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">indented output style</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−no−location</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">suppress ’#: filename:line’ lines</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−n</b>, <b>−−add−location</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">preserve ’#: filename:line’ lines (default)</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−strict</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">strict Uniforum output style</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−p</b>, <b>−−properties−output</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−stringtable−output</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−w</b>, <b>−−width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−no−wrap</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−s</b>, <b>−−sort−output</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">generate sorted output</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−F</b>, <b>−−sort−by−file</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">sort output by file location</p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative output: <br> −h</b>, <b>−−help</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p> <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−V</b>, <b>−−version</b></p> <p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and exit</p> <h2>AUTHOR <a name="AUTHOR"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by Bruno Haible.</p> <h2>REPORTING BUGS <a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</p> <h2>COPYRIGHT <a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright © 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> <br> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.</p> <h2>SEE ALSO <a name="SEE ALSO"></a> </h2> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full documentation for <b>msgen</b> is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgen</b> programs are properly installed at your site, the command</p> <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info msgen</b></p> <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you access to the complete manual.</p> <hr> </body> </html>