NAME
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=LLCC
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
AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+:
GNU GPL version 3 or later
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.
GNU gettext-tools 0.19.8.1 June 2016 MSGINIT(1)