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<h1 align="center">XGETTEXT</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>
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<h2>NAME
<a name="NAME"></a>
</h2>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">xgettext
− extract gettext strings from source</p>
<h2>SYNOPSIS
<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>xgettext</b>
[<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]...</p>
<h2>DESCRIPTION
<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Extract
translatable strings from given input files.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too. Similarly for optional arguments.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
location:</b> <br>
INPUTFILE ...</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">input files</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−f</b>,
<b>−−files−from</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">get list of input files from
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>
−d</b>,
<b>−−default−domain</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">use NAME.po for output (instead
of messages.po)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−o</b>,
<b>−−output</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
file</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−p</b>,
<b>−−output−dir</b>=<i>DIR</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">output files will be placed in
directory DIR</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If output file
is -, output is written to standard output.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Choice of
input file language: <br>
−L</b>, <b>−−language</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">recognise the specified
language (C, C++, ObjectiveC, PO, Shell, Python, Lisp,
EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Smalltalk, Java, JavaProperties,
C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, NXStringTable,
RST, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−C</b>,
<b>−−c</b>++</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">shorthand for
<b>−−language</b>=<i>C</i>++</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">By default the
language is guessed depending on the input file name
extension.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
interpretation: <br>
−−from−code</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">encoding of input files (except
for Python, Tcl, Glade)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">By default the
input files are assumed to be in ASCII.</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Operation
mode: <br>
−j</b>, <b>−−join−existing</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">join messages with existing
file</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−x</b>,
<b>−−exclude−file</b>=<i>FILE</i>.po</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">entries from FILE.po are not
extracted</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−cTAG</b>,
<b>−−add−comments</b>=<i>TAG</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">place comment blocks starting
with TAG and preceding keyword lines in output file</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−c</b>,
<b>−−add−comments</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">place all comment blocks
preceding keyword lines in output file</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−check</b>=<i>NAME</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">perform syntax check on
messages (ellipsis-unicode, space-ellipsis,</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">quote-unicode,
bullet-unicode)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−sentence−end</b>=<i>TYPE</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">type describing the end of
sentence (single-space, which is the default,</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">or
double-space)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Language
specific options: <br>
−a</b>, <b>−−extract−all</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">extract all strings (only
languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp,
EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP,
GCC-source, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−kWORD</b>,
<b>−−keyword</b>=<i>WORD</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">look for WORD as an additional
keyword</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−k</b>,
<b>−−keyword</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not to use default keywords
(only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp,
EmacsLisp, librep, Scheme, Java, C#, awk, Tcl, Perl, PHP,
GCC-source, Glade, Lua, JavaScript, Vala, Desktop)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−flag</b>=<i>WORD</i>:ARG:FLAG</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">additional flag for strings
inside the argument number ARG of keyword WORD</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">(only languages
C, C++, ObjectiveC, Shell, Python, Lisp, EmacsLisp, librep,
Scheme, Java, C#, awk, YCP, Tcl, Perl, PHP, GCC-source, Lua,
JavaScript, Vala)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−T</b>,
<b>−−trigraphs</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">understand ANSI C trigraphs for
input (only languages C, C++, ObjectiveC)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−its</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">apply ITS rules from FILE (only
XML based languages)</p>
<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void"
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<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">
<p><b>−−qt</b></p></td>
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<td width="76%">
<p>recognize Qt format strings (only language C++)</p></td>
<td width="2%">
</td></tr>
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<td width="11%"></td>
<td width="7%">
<p><b>−−kde</b></p></td>
<td width="4%"></td>
<td width="76%">
<p>recognize KDE 4 format strings (only language C++)</p></td>
<td width="2%">
</td></tr>
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<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−boost</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">recognize Boost format strings
(only language C++)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−debug</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">more detailed formatstring
recognition result</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
details: <br>
−−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%;">write the .po file using
indented style</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−no−location</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not write ’#:
filename:line’ lines</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−n</b>,
<b>−−add−location</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">generate ’#:
filename:line’ lines (default)</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−strict</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out strict Uniforum
conforming .po file</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><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>−−itstool</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out itstool comments</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%;"><b>−−omit−header</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">don’t write header with
’msgid ""’ entry</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−copyright−holder</b>=<i>STRING</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">set copyright holder in
output</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−foreign−user</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">omit FSF copyright in output
for foreign user</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−package−name</b>=<i>PACKAGE</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">set package name in output</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−package−version</b>=<i>VERSION</i></p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">set package version in
output</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−msgid−bugs−address</b>=<i>EMAIL</i>@ADDRESS</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">set report address for msgid
bugs</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−m[STRING]</b>,
<b>−−msgstr−prefix</b>[=<i>STRING</i>]</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">use STRING or "" as
prefix for msgstr values</p>
<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−M[STRING]</b>,
<b>−−msgstr−suffix</b>[=<i>STRING</i>]</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%;">use STRING or "" as
suffix for msgstr values</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
Ulrich Drepper.</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
© 1995-1998, 2000-2016 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>xgettext</b> is maintained as a Texinfo
manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>xgettext</b> programs are
properly installed at your site, the command</p>
<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
xgettext</b></p>
<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
access to the complete manual.</p>
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