NAME
intltool-update - updates PO template file and merge translations with it
SYNOPSIS
I intltool-update [option]...
I intltool-update LANGCODE
DESCRIPTION
intltool-update
generates new po file templates from source code, and merges existing
translations with these new po templates.
You must change working directory to the subdirectory containing translations
(usually "po/") before running intltool-update.
OPTIONS
When executing
intltool-update
, only one mode of operation is allowed each time.
Mode of operation
"-p"
"--pot"
Generate po template (.pot) only.
"-s"
"--headers"
Executes intltool-extract(8) to extract strings inside XML/INI
style files listed in POTFILES.in, and writes the extracted
strings into header files, so that the strings can be recognised
by xgettext(1).
"-m"
"--maintain"
Search for left out files, which should have been listed in
POTFILES.in
or
R POTFILES.skip .
A list of all these files are written into another file called
"missing".
"-r"
"--report"
Display a status report for all translations in the software.
"-d
"--dist
Merge
R LANGCODE .po
with existing PO template.
Other options
.
"-g
"--gettext-package=NAME"
Manually specify PO template file name, instead of determining the
name automatically from source. Useful with
R -p / --pot
option. This option has an additional effect: the name of current working
directory is no more limited to "po" or "po-*".
"-o
"--output-file=FILENAME"
Manually specify output FILENAME after merging old translation with
PO template. Useful either with
R -d / --dist
option or without any option.
"-x"
"--verbose"
Display lots of feedback.
"--version"
Show version information.
"--help"
Show usage and basic help information.
EXAMPLES
Creates a new PO template from source code, and name it foo.pot:
intltool-update --pot --gettext-package=foo
Updates translation file xy.po using existing po template called
"bar.pot", and writes output into "xy1.po":
intltool-update --dist --gettext-package=bar --output-file=xy1.po xy
Creates new PO template and updates translation file xy.po
(xy.po is overwritten with new content):
intltool-update xy
(same as
intltool-update --pot && intltool-update --dist xy)
FILES
"po/POTFILES.in"
Contains list of source files which contain translatable strings,
one file per line.
"po/POTFILES.skip"
"po/POTFILES.ignore
Contains list of source files which should be ignored when searching
for translatable strings.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://bugzilla.gnome.org (product name "intltool")
or send email to <xml-i18n-tools@gnome.org>.
AUTHOR
Darin Adler <darin@bentspoon.com>
Kenneth Christiansen <kenneth@gnu.org>
Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@eazel.com>
SEE ALSO