1<html> 2<head> 3<meta name="generator" content="groff -Thtml, see www.gnu.org"> 4<meta name="Content-Style" content="text/css"> 5<title>MSGINIT</title> 6</head> 7<body> 8 9<h1 align=center>MSGINIT</h1> 10<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br> 11<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br> 12<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br> 13<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br> 14<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br> 15<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br> 16<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br> 17 18<hr> 19<!-- Creator : groff version 1.17.2 --> 20<a name="NAME"></a> 21<h2>NAME</h2> 22<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 23 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 24<tr valign="top" align="left"> 25<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 26msginit - initialize a message catalog</td></table> 27<a name="SYNOPSIS"></a> 28<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2> 29 30<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 31 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 32<tr valign="top" align="left"> 33<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 34<b>msginit</b> [<i>OPTION</i>]</td></table> 35<a name="DESCRIPTION"></a> 36<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 37 38<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 39 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 40<tr valign="top" align="left"> 41<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 42Creates a new PO file, initializing the meta information 43with values from the user's environment.</td></table> 44 45<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 46 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 47<tr valign="top" align="left"> 48<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 49Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short 50options too.</td></table> 51 52<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 53 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 54<tr valign="top" align="left"> 55<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 56<b>Input file location:</b></td></table> 57 58<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 59 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 60<tr valign="top" align="left"> 61<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 62<b>-i</b>, <b>--input</b>=<i>INPUTFILE</i></td></table> 63 64<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 65 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 66<tr valign="top" align="left"> 67<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 68input POT file</td></table> 69 70<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 71 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 72<tr valign="top" align="left"> 73<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 74If no input file is given, the current directory is searched 75for the POT file. If it is -, standard input is 76read.</td></table> 77 78<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 79 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 80<tr valign="top" align="left"> 81<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 82<b>Output file location:</b></td></table> 83 84<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 85 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 86<tr valign="top" align="left"> 87<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 88<b>-o</b>, <b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></td></table> 89 90<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 91 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 92<tr valign="top" align="left"> 93<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 94write output to specified PO file</td></table> 95 96<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 97 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 98<tr valign="top" align="left"> 99<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 100If no output file is given, it depends on the 101<b>--locale</b> option or the user's locale setting. If it 102is -, the results are written to standard 103output.</td></table> 104 105<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 106 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 107<tr valign="top" align="left"> 108<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 109<b>Input file syntax:</b></td></table> 110 111<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 112 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 113<tr valign="top" align="left"> 114<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 115<b>-P</b>, <b>--properties-input</b></td></table> 116 117<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 118 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 119<tr valign="top" align="left"> 120<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 121input file is in Java .properties syntax</td></table> 122 123<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 124 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 125<tr valign="top" align="left"> 126<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 127<b>--stringtable-input</b></td></table> 128 129<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 130 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 131<tr valign="top" align="left"> 132<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 133input file is in NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings 134syntax</td></table> 135 136<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 137 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 138<tr valign="top" align="left"> 139<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 140<b>Output details:</b></td></table> 141 142<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 143 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 144<tr valign="top" align="left"> 145<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 146<b>-l</b>, <b>--locale</b>=<i>LL_CC</i></td></table> 147 148<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 149 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 150<tr valign="top" align="left"> 151<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 152set target locale</td></table> 153 154<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 155 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 156<tr valign="top" align="left"> 157<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 158<b>--no-translator</b></td></table> 159 160<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 161 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 162<tr valign="top" align="left"> 163<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 164assume the PO file is automatically generated</td></table> 165 166<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 167 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 168<tr valign="top" align="left"> 169<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 170<b>-p</b>, <b>--properties-output</b></td></table> 171 172<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 173 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 174<tr valign="top" align="left"> 175<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 176write out a Java .properties file</td></table> 177 178<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 179 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 180<tr valign="top" align="left"> 181<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 182<b>--stringtable-output</b></td></table> 183 184<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 185 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 186<tr valign="top" align="left"> 187<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 188write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings file</td></table> 189 190<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 191 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 192<tr valign="top" align="left"> 193<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 194<b>-w</b>, <b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></td></table> 195 196<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 197 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 198<tr valign="top" align="left"> 199<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 200set output page width</td></table> 201 202<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 203 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 204<tr valign="top" align="left"> 205<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 206<b>--no-wrap</b></td></table> 207 208<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 209 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 210<tr valign="top" align="left"> 211<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 212do not break long message lines, longer than the output page 213width, into several lines</td></table> 214 215<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 216 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 217<tr valign="top" align="left"> 218<td width="4%"></td><td width="96%"> 219<b>Informative output:</b></td></table> 220 221<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 222 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 223<tr valign="top" align="left"> 224<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 225<b>-h</b>, <b>--help</b></td></table> 226 227<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 228 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 229<tr valign="top" align="left"> 230<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 231display this help and exit</td></table> 232 233<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 234 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 235<tr valign="top" align="left"> 236<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 237<b>-V</b>, <b>--version</b></td></table> 238 239<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 240 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 241<tr valign="top" align="left"> 242<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 243output version information and exit</td></table> 244<a name="AUTHOR"></a> 245<h2>AUTHOR</h2> 246 247<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 248 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 249<tr valign="top" align="left"> 250<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 251Written by Bruno Haible.</td></table> 252<a name="REPORTING BUGS"></a> 253<h2>REPORTING BUGS</h2> 254 255<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 256 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 257<tr valign="top" align="left"> 258<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 259Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.</td></table> 260<a name="COPYRIGHT"></a> 261<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2> 262 263<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 264 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 265<tr valign="top" align="left"> 266<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 267Copyright 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br> 268This is free software; see the source for copying 269conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for 270MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 271PURPOSE.</td></table> 272<a name="SEE ALSO"></a> 273<h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 274 275<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 276 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 277<tr valign="top" align="left"> 278<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 279The full documentation for <b>msginit</b> is maintained as a 280Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msginit</b> 281programs are properly installed at your site, the 282command</td></table> 283 284<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 285 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 286<tr valign="top" align="left"> 287<td width="21%"></td><td width="79%"> 288<b>info msginit</b></td></table> 289 290<table width="100%" border=0 rules="none" frame="void" 291 cols="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> 292<tr valign="top" align="left"> 293<td width="10%"></td><td width="90%"> 294should give you access to the complete manual.</td></table> 295<hr> 296</body> 297</html> 298