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author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2003-02-13 20:20:40 +0000 |
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committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2009-06-23 12:09:00 +0200 |
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diff --git a/doc/msgen.texi b/doc/msgen.texi deleted file mode 100644 index 429407c..0000000 --- a/doc/msgen.texi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -@pindex msgen -@cindex @code{msgen} program, usage -@example -msgen [@var{option}] @var{inputfile} -@end example - -@cindex generate translation catalog in English -The @code{msgen} program 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, and are marked fuzzy. - -Note: @samp{msginit --no-translator --locale=en} performs a very similar -task. The main difference is that @code{msginit} cares specially about -the header entry, whereas @code{msgen} doesn't. - -@subsection Input file location - -@table @samp -@item @var{inputfile} -Input PO or POT file. - -@item -D @var{directory} -@itemx --directory=@var{directory} -@opindex -D@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --directory@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Add @var{directory} to the list of directories. Source files are -searched relative to this list of directories. The resulting @file{.po} -file will be written relative to the current directory, though. - -@end table - -If @var{inputfile} is @samp{-}, standard input is read. - -@subsection Output file location - -@table @samp -@item -o @var{file} -@itemx --output-file=@var{file} -@opindex -o@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --output-file@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Write output to specified file. - -@end table - -The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified -or if it is @samp{-}. - -@subsection Output details - -@c --no-escape and --escape omitted on purpose. They are not useful. - -@table @samp -@item --force-po -@opindex --force-po@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Always write an output file even if it contains no message. - -@item -i -@itemx --indent -@opindex -i@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --indent@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Write the .po file using indented style. - -@item --no-location -@opindex --no-location@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Do not write @samp{#: @var{filename}:@var{line}} lines. - -@item --add-location -@opindex --add-location@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Generate @samp{#: @var{filename}:@var{line}} lines (default). - -@item --strict -@opindex --strict@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Write out a strict Uniforum conforming PO file. Note that this -Uniforum format should be avoided because it doesn't support the -GNU extensions. - -@item -w @var{number} -@itemx --width=@var{number} -@opindex -w@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --width@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Set the output page width. Long strings in the output files will be -split across multiple lines in order to ensure that each line's width -(= number of screen columns) is less or equal to the given @var{number}. - -@item --no-wrap -@opindex --no-wrap@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Do not break long message lines. Message lines whose width exceeds the -output page width will not be split into several lines. Only file reference -lines which are wider than the output page width will be split. - -@item -s -@itemx --sort-output -@opindex -s@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --sort-output@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Generate sorted output. Note that using this option makes it much harder -for the translator to understand each message's context. - -@item -F -@itemx --sort-by-file -@opindex -F@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --sort-by-file@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Sort output by file location. - -@end table - -@subsection Informative output - -@table @samp -@item -h -@itemx --help -@opindex -h@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --help@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Display this help and exit. - -@item -V -@itemx --version -@opindex -V@r{, @code{msgen} option} -@opindex --version@r{, @code{msgen} option} -Output version information and exit. - -@end table |