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1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.6.
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2 .TH MSGEN "1" "February 2024" "GNU gettext-tools 0.22.5" "User Commands"
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3 .SH NAME
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4 msgen \- create English message catalog
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5 .SH SYNOPSIS
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6 .B msgen
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7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] \fI\,INPUTFILE\/\fR
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8 .SH DESCRIPTION
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9 .\" Add any additional description here
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10 .PP
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11 Creates an English translation catalog. The input file is the last
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12 created English PO file, or a PO Template file (generally created by
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13 xgettext). Untranslated entries are assigned a translation that is
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14 identical to the msgid.
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15 .PP
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16 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
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17 .SS "Input file location:"
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18 .TP
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19 INPUTFILE
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20 input PO or POT file
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21 .TP
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22 \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR
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23 add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
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24 .PP
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25 If input file is \-, standard input is read.
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26 .SS "Output file location:"
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27 .TP
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28 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
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29 write output to specified file
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30 .PP
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31 The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
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32 or if it is \-.
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33 .SS "Input file syntax:"
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34 .TP
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35 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-input\fR
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36 input file is in Java .properties syntax
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37 .TP
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38 \fB\-\-stringtable\-input\fR
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39 input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax
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40 .SS "Output details:"
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41 .TP
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42 \fB\-\-lang\fR=\fI\,CATALOGNAME\/\fR
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43 set 'Language' field in the header entry
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44 .TP
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45 \fB\-\-color\fR
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46 use colors and other text attributes always
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47 .TP
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48 \fB\-\-color\fR=\fI\,WHEN\/\fR
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49 use colors and other text attributes if WHEN.
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50 WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
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51 .TP
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52 \fB\-\-style\fR=\fI\,STYLEFILE\/\fR
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53 specify CSS style rule file for \fB\-\-color\fR
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54 .TP
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55 \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
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56 do not use C escapes in output (default)
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57 .TP
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58 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
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59 use C escapes in output, no extended chars
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60 .TP
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61 \fB\-\-force\-po\fR
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62 write PO file even if empty
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63 .TP
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64 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-indent\fR
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65 indented output style
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66 .TP
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67 \fB\-\-no\-location\fR
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68 suppress '#: filename:line' lines
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69 .TP
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70 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-add\-location\fR
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71 preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
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72 .TP
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73 \fB\-\-strict\fR
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74 strict Uniforum output style
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75 .TP
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76 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-properties\-output\fR
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77 write out a Java .properties file
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78 .TP
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79 \fB\-\-stringtable\-output\fR
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80 write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
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81 .TP
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82 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fI\,NUMBER\/\fR
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83 set output page width
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84 .TP
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85 \fB\-\-no\-wrap\fR
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86 do not break long message lines, longer than
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87 the output page width, into several lines
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88 .TP
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89 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
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90 generate sorted output
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91 .TP
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92 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
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93 sort output by file location
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94 .SS "Informative output:"
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95 .TP
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96 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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97 display this help and exit
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98 .TP
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99 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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100 output version information and exit
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101 .SH AUTHOR
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102 Written by Bruno Haible.
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103 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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104 Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>
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105 or by email to <bug\-gettext@gnu.org>.
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106 .SH COPYRIGHT
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107 Copyright \(co 2001\-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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108 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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109 .br
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110 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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111 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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112 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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113 The full documentation for
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114 .B msgen
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115 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
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116 .B info
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117 and
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118 .B msgen
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119 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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120 .IP
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121 .B info msgen
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122 .PP
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123 should give you access to the complete manual.
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