po4a-gettextize
Extract translatable strings to PO files
TLDR
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
po4a-gettextize [options] -f format -m master -p po
DESCRIPTION
po4a-gettextize extracts translatable strings from a documentation file and creates a PO (Portable Object) file suitable for translation. It is part of the po4a (PO for anything) suite that enables using gettext methodology for documentation translation.If an existing translation is provided with the -l option, the tool attempts to match translated strings with the original and pre-populate the PO file with existing translations.
PARAMETERS
-f, --format _format_
Format of the master document (text, pod, man, sgml, xml, etc.)-m, --master _file_
Path to the original (master) document-p, --po _file_
Output path for the generated PO file-l, --localized _file_
Existing translation (can be specified multiple times)--help-format
List available document formats-M, --master-charset _charset_
Character set of the master document-L, --localized-charset _charset_
Character set of the localized document
INSTALL
CAVEATS
The output PO file should be reviewed by translators as automatic matching may not be perfect. When providing an existing translation, both documents must have the same structure for proper alignment.
SEE ALSO
po4a(1), po4a-translate(1), po4a-updatepo(1), msginit(1)
