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diff --git a/doc/gettext.texi b/doc/gettext.texi index 06218bd..3446242 100644 --- a/doc/gettext.texi +++ b/doc/gettext.texi @@ -155,12 +155,13 @@ Manipulating PO Files * msgcat Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgcat} Program * msgconv Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgconv} Program * msggrep Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msggrep} Program -* msgexec Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgexec} Program +* msgfilter Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgfilter} Program * msguniq Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msguniq} Program * msgcomm Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgcomm} Program * msgcmp Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgcmp} Program * msgattrib Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgattrib} Program * msgen Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgen} Program +* msgexec Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgexec} Program Producing Binary MO Files @@ -2972,18 +2973,22 @@ When a translator wants to adjust some translation catalog for a special dialect or orthography - for example, German as written in Switzerland versus German as written in Germany -, she needs to apply some text processing to every message in the catalog. The tool for doing this is -@samp{msgexec}. +@samp{msgfilter}. -Another use of @code{msgexec} is to produce approximately the POT file for +Another use of @code{msgfilter} is to produce approximately the POT file for which a given PO file was made. This can be done through a filter command -like @samp{msgexec sed -e d | sed -e '/^# /d'}. Note that the original +like @samp{msgfilter sed -e d | sed -e '/^# /d'}. Note that the original POT file may have had different comments and different plural message counts, that's why it's better to use the original POT file if available. +When a translator wants to check her translations, for example according +to orthography rules or using a non-interactive spell checker, she can do +so using the @samp{msgexec} program. + When third party tools create PO or POT files, sometimes duplicates cannot be avoided. But the GNU @code{gettext} tools give an error when they encounter duplicate msgids in the same file and in the same domain. -To merge duplicates, the @code{msguniq} program can be used. +To merge duplicates, the @samp{msguniq} program can be used. @samp{msgcomm} is a more general tool for keeping or throwing away duplicates, occurring in different files. @@ -3001,12 +3006,13 @@ catalogs. It copies each message's msgid to its msgstr. * msgcat Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgcat} Program * msgconv Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgconv} Program * msggrep Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msggrep} Program -* msgexec Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgexec} Program +* msgfilter Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgfilter} Program * msguniq Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msguniq} Program * msgcomm Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgcomm} Program * msgcmp Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgcmp} Program * msgattrib Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgattrib} Program * msgen Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgen} Program +* msgexec Invocation:: Invoking the @code{msgexec} Program @end menu @node msgcat Invocation, msgconv Invocation, Manipulating, Manipulating @@ -3019,17 +3025,17 @@ catalogs. It copies each message's msgid to its msgstr. @include msgconv.texi -@node msggrep Invocation, msgexec Invocation, msgconv Invocation, Manipulating +@node msggrep Invocation, msgfilter Invocation, msgconv Invocation, Manipulating @section Invoking the @code{msggrep} Program @include msggrep.texi -@node msgexec Invocation, msguniq Invocation, msggrep Invocation, Manipulating -@section Invoking the @code{msgexec} Program +@node msgfilter Invocation, msguniq Invocation, msggrep Invocation, Manipulating +@section Invoking the @code{msgfilter} Program -@include msgexec.texi +@include msgfilter.texi -@node msguniq Invocation, msgcomm Invocation, msgexec Invocation, Manipulating +@node msguniq Invocation, msgcomm Invocation, msgfilter Invocation, Manipulating @section Invoking the @code{msguniq} Program @include msguniq.texi @@ -3049,11 +3055,16 @@ catalogs. It copies each message's msgid to its msgstr. @include msgattrib.texi -@node msgen Invocation, , msgattrib Invocation, Manipulating +@node msgen Invocation, msgexec Invocation, msgattrib Invocation, Manipulating @section Invoking the @code{msgen} Program @include msgen.texi +@node msgexec Invocation, , msgen Invocation, Manipulating +@section Invoking the @code{msgexec} Program + +@include msgexec.texi + @node Binaries, Users, Manipulating, Top @chapter Producing Binary MO Files |