MSGINIT

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2020
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NAME

msginit - initialize a message catalog

SYNOPSIS

msginit [,OPTION/]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Input file location:

-i, --input=,INPUTFILE/: input POT file

If no input file is given, the current directory is searched for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is read.

Output file location:

-o, --output-file=,FILE/: write output to specified PO file

If no output file is given, it depends on the --locale option or the user's locale setting. If it is -, the results are written to standard output.

Input file syntax:

-P, --properties-input: input file is in Java .properties syntax
--stringtable-input: input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax

Output details:

-l, --locale=,LL_CC[/.ENCODING]: set target locale
--no-translator: assume the PO file is automatically generated
--color: use colors and other text attributes always
--color=,WHEN/: use colors and other text attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be 'always', 'never', 'auto', or 'html'.
--style=,STYLEFILE/: specify CSS style rule file for --color
-p, --properties-output: write out a Java .properties file
--stringtable-output: write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file
-w, --width=,NUMBER/: set output page width
--no-wrap: do not break long message lines, longer than the output page width, into several lines

Informative output:

-h, --help: display this help and exit
-V, --version: output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs in the bug tracker at <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

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