msginit
initialize a message catalog
SYNOPSIS
msginit [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
- -i, --input=INPUTFILE
-
input POT file
If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is read.
Output file location:
- -o, --output-file=FILE
-
write output to specified PO file
If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard output.
Input file syntax:
- -P, --properties-input
-
input file is in Java .properties syntax
- --stringtable-input
-
input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
Output details:
- -l, --locale=LL_CC[.ENCODING]
-
set target locale
- --no-translator
-
assume the PO file is automatically generated
- --color
-
use colors and other text attributes always
- --color=WHEN
-
use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
- --style=STYLEFILE
-
specify CSS style rule file for --color
- -p, --properties-output
-
write out a Java .properties file
- --stringtable-output
-
write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
- -w, --width=NUMBER
-
set output page width
- --no-wrap
-
do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines
Informative output:
- -h, --help
-
display this help and exit
- -V, --version
-
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msginit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msginit programs are properly installed at your site, the command info msginit should give you access to the complete manual.
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
