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| .TH MSGINIT "1" "June 2010" "GNU gettext-tools 0.18.1" GNU |
| .SH NAME |
| msginit \- initialize a message catalog |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B msginit |
| [\fIOPTION\fR] |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .\" Add any additional description here |
| .PP |
| Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the |
| user's environment. |
| .PP |
| Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. |
| .SS "Input file location:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-input\fR=\fIINPUTFILE\fR |
| input POT file |
| .PP |
| If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. |
| If it is -, standard input is read. |
| .SS "Output file location:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR |
| write output to specified PO file |
| .PP |
| If no output file is given, it depends on the \fB\-\-locale\fR option or the user's |
| locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard output. |
| .SS "Input file syntax:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR |
| input file is in Java .properties syntax |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR |
| input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax |
| .SS "Output details:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-locale\fR=\fILL_CC\fR |
| set target locale |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-no\-translator\fR |
| assume the PO file is automatically generated |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-color\fR |
| use colors and other text attributes always |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-color\fR=\fIWHEN\fR |
| use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. |
| WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'. |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-style\fR=\fISTYLEFILE\fR |
| specify CSS style rule file for \fB\-\-color\fR |
| .TP |
| \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR |
| write out a Java .properties file |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR |
| write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file |
| .TP |
| \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR |
| set output page width |
| .TP |
| \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR |
| do not break long message lines, longer than |
| the output page width, into several lines |
| .SS "Informative output:" |
| .TP |
| \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR |
| display this help and exit |
| .TP |
| \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR |
| output version information and exit |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Written by Bruno Haible. |
| .SH "REPORTING BUGS" |
| Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>. |
| .SH COPYRIGHT |
| Copyright \(co 2001-2010 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. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| The full documentation for |
| .B msginit |
| is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the |
| .B info |
| and |
| .B msginit |
| programs are properly installed at your site, the command |
| .IP |
| .B info msginit |
| .PP |
| should give you access to the complete manual. |
