msgen — create English message catalog
Synopsis
msgen [OPTION] INPUTFILE
Description
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.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location
- INPUTFILE
input PO or POT file
- -D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file is -, standard input is read.
Output file location
- -o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified file
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified or if it is -.
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
- --lang=CATALOGNAME
set 'Language' field in the header entry
- --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
- -e, --no-escape
do not use C escapes in output (default)
- -E, --escape
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
- --force-po
write PO file even if empty
- -i, --indent
indented output style
- --no-location
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
- -n, --add-location
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
- --strict
strict Uniforum output style
- -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
- -s, --sort-output
generate sorted output
- -F, --sort-by-file
sort output by file location
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 © 2001-2019 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 msgen is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgen programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info msgen
should give you access to the complete manual.