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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.24.
.TH LT-MSGEN "1" "June 2001" "GNU gettext 0.11" GNU
.SH NAME
msgen \- create English message catalog
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lt-msgen
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIINPUTFILE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
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.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.SS "Input file location:"
.TP
INPUTFILE
input PO or POT file
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
.PP
If input file is -, standard input is read.
.SS "Output file location:"
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFILE\fR
write output to specified file
.PP
The results are written to standard output if no output file is specified
or if it is -.
.SS "Output details:"
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-no\-escape\fR
do not use C escapes in output (default)
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-escape\fR
use C escapes in output, no extended chars
.TP
\fB\-\-force\-po\fR
write PO file even if empty
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-indent\fR
indented output style
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-location\fR
suppress '#: filename:line' lines
.TP
\fB\-\-add\-location\fR
preserve '#: filename:line' lines (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fR
strict Uniforum output style
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-width\fR=\fINUMBER\fR
set output page width
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-output\fR
generate sorted output and remove duplicates
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-sort\-by\-file\fR
sort output by file location
.SS "Informative output:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Bruno Haible.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B lt-msgen
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B lt-msgen
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info lt-msgen
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.